Layers of the Earth
Thinnest layer of the Earth
Boundary formed when two plates are being pulled in opposite directions of each other?
What is divergent
Planet with the most extensive and visible rings in our solar system
What is Saturn
What is the pull of gravity from the moon
Layer of the atmosphere divided into the ionosphere and the exosphere
What is thermosphere
Outermost layer Earth
What is the Crust
Boundaries that slide past each other and do not create or destroy crust
What is transform
Plante furthest from our sun
What is Neptune
A tide just after the first or third quarters of the moon when there is least difference between high and low water.
What is Neap tide
Layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs
What is the troposphere
Layer of the Earth that is the thickest (Makes up the most of Earth's volume)
What is the mantle
Plate boundary that is non-volcanic and occur when colliding edges are crumpled and uplifted? Ex. Appalachian Mountains
What are the 8 planets of our solar system in order from the sun moving out
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What is Spring tide
Layer of the atmosphere that harnesses and protects us from meteors
What is the Mesosphere
Layer of the Earth is made up of solid Iron and Nickel
What is the inner core
Process occurs in the mantle that is thought to cause the movement of Earth's Continents?
What is Convection Current
What is the core
The difference between high and low tides for a specific location
What is tidal range
Layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone
What is the stratosphere
Layer of Earth is the hottest
What is the inner core
This scientist proposed Continental drift theory that explained the movement of giant land masses
Who is Alfred Wegener
Earth's revolution around the Sun can be tracked by the Sun's position in the sky. This figure 8 pattern is called
What is analemma
If the north side of Earth is experiencing a high tide, what is the south side of earth experiencing
What gas makes up the most of Earth's atmosphere? What percent?
What is Nitrogen at 78%