Vocabulary
This is the process of rocks breaking down because of wind, water, and weather.
What is weathering?
The percentage of Earth’s surface covered by water
What is 70%?
This process changes liquid water into water vapor.
What is evaporation?
This is Earth’s outermost layer.
What is the crust?
This is the opening at the top of a volcano.
What is the crater?
This type of water has low salt and is safe to drink.
What is freshwater?
The primary source of energy for the biosphere
What is sunlight?
Water moving across Earth’s surface into rivers and lakes is called this.
What is surface runoff?
This is the outermost layer of the atmosphere.
What is the exosphere?
This is molten rock that erupts onto Earth’s surface.
What is lava flow?
This is a large moving mass of ice formed from compacted snow.
What is a glacier?
How do tectonic plates move?
What are convection currents in the mantle?
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of this.
What is precipitation?
This layer contains the ozone layer.
What is the stratosphere?
This tube carries magma upward through a volcano.
What is a vent?
This is molten rock found beneath Earth’s surface.
What is magma?
The most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere
What is nitrogen?
This process forms clouds.
What is condensation?
This atmospheric layer is closest to Earth.
What is the troposphere?
This underground area stores magma beneath a volcano.
What is the magma chamber?
These are fragments of ash and rock released during a volcanic eruption.
What is pyroclastic material?
The hydrosphere interacts with the atmosphere in this way.
What is through the water cycle?
Water soaking into the ground is called this.
What is infiltration?
This layer of the atmosphere is located between the stratosphere and the thermosphere. Meteors often burn up here.
What is the mesosphere?
This opening branches off from the main vent.
What is a secondary vent?