Volcanoes
Area around the Pacific Ocean where volcanoes occur most.
Ring of Fire
The crust and upper area of the mantle.
Lithosphere
When liquid water heats up and turns into water vapor and rises into the atmosphere it is going through ________
Evaporation
What is the type of weathering that occurs due to physical force?
Mechanical weathering
What is a natural resource?
Materials on Earth that are available for human use.
Avalanche of red-hot dust and gases from volcanoes
pyroclastic flow
The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus.
Epicenter
In our lab when the water vapor stuck to the inside of bag, this was an example of what step in the water cycle?
Condensation
When weathered materials are moved via water, wind and gravity
Erosion
What is the difference between a renewable and a non renewable resource ?
renewable resources can be replenished
The name of the city that was buried after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD.
Pompeii
Machine used to detect and measure the movements of the earth.
Small plantlike organisms that make up the first link in the ocean's food chain.
Phytoplankton
Chemical weathering
List three non-renewable resources
Oil, minerals, natural gas, coal
Magma that breaks the earth's surface is called _______.
lava
magnitude
Water stored beneath the surface of the earth.
Ground water
When weathered material is dropped or "deposited" in a new location
Deposition
List three renewable resources
Solar, wind, water, geothermal (heat)
A volcano that is expected to erupt.
Active
This scale measures the strength of the seismic waves of an earthquake.
Richter scale
Water vapor in the air.
Humidity
What is the difference between Weathering and Erosion?
Weathering - the actual break down of material
Erosion - The movement of broken down material
What makes up soil?
water, humus, and small weathered particles of rocks and minerals