Earth’s Systems
This component includes all the water on Earth.
What is the hydrosphere?
These boundaries occur when tectonic plates move apart.
What are divergent boundaries?
These waves travel fastest and can move through solids and liquids.
What are P-waves?
The process by which rocks are broken down and transported.
What is erosion?
This phenomenon occurs when mountains block moisture-laden winds, causing dry conditions on one side.
What is the rain shadow effect?
These natural disasters are common at transform boundaries.
What are earthquakes?
This layer of Earth is composed of solid rock and is divided into tectonic plates.
What is the lithosphere?
This type of boundary is known for creating mountain ranges.
What are convergent boundaries?
This term describes the point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's origin.
What is the epicenter?
This geological feature is formed by the collision of two continental plates.
What are mountain ranges?
Volcanic eruptions can release this gas, which can cool the Earth temporarily.
What is sulfur dioxide?
This term describes the preparation and plans made to reduce the impact of natural disasters.
What is disaster preparedness or mitigation?
The interaction of air, water, and land creates various phenomena in this system.
What is the Earth system?
The process in which one tectonic plate is forced under another.
What is subduction?
This scale measures the magnitude of earthquakes.
What is the Richter scale
This process describes the formation of new land from volcanic eruptions.
What is volcanic land formation?
The long-term change in climate that can be influenced by tectonic activity.
What is climate change?
This phenomenon can occur as a result of underwater earthquakes.
What is a tsunami?
This component encompasses all living organisms on Earth.
What is the biosphere?
This layer of Earth allows tectonic plates to move due to its semi-fluid nature.
What is the asthenosphere?
This type of seismic wave causes the most damage during an earthquake.
What are S-waves?
The name given to the long, deep valleys formed by tectonic plate movement.
What are rift valleys?
This major ocean current is affected by tectonic shifts and influences global weather patterns.
What is the Gulf Stream?
The scientific study of earthquakes and seismic waves.
What is seismology?
This is the greatest disaster area of the whole world.
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