Layers of Earth
This is the thinnest layer
What is the crust?
What are earthquake waves?
This provides proper light and heat for life
What is the relationship to the sun
The study of the earth.
What is geology?
between core and mantle, this one is the more dense layer
What is core?
This region makes up most of the earth's volume
What is the Mantle?
This planet is most responsible for keeping asteroids away from the earth.
What is Jupiter?
This dissolves nutrients that living things need and moderates Earth's climate
What is water?
the belief that earth-forming processes are natural, have always been the same, and have always happened at the same gradual rate.
What is uniformitarianism?
This is the shape of the earth's orbit.
What is ellipse?
This is made of a solid and liquid region
What is the core?
Seasons are most directly caused by this.
What is the earth's tilt?
This creates gravitational strength that is just right for life.
What is earth's mass?
Study of how the geological formations occurred
The crust is made of these distinct pieces. A German geologist suggested that the earth were once one big mass that broke up into these pieces. This became known as this.
What is the plate tectonic theory?
The inner core is believed to be made of this.
What is iron?
What would happen if the earth's axis were perpendicular to the orbital plane?
This deflects dangerous radiation particles from the sun.
what is the earth's magnetic field?
Using geological findings to predict earthquakes is an example of this
What is operational geology?
This is deemed the least dangerous location in our galaxy.
What is the space between the arms of the galaxy?
The Moho is found at the bottom of this layer
What is the crust?
This contains oxygen and shields from meteors
what is the atmosphere?
This evens out seasonal surface temperatures
What is the earth's tilt?
view point that includes assigning ages to rocks that extend far back into time.
What is deep-time viewpoint?
What is water exists mostly in liquid form and carbon dioxide remains a gas.