Landforms
Spherical Earth
Earth's Layers
Earth's Systems
Misc.
100
high relief and high elevation
What is a mountain
100
Gravity
What is force that attracts objects together?
100
Crust
What is the outer most layer of Earth called?
100
Biosphere
What is the system made up of all living things
100
This layer protects Earth from cosmic rays
What is magnetosphere/magnetic field
200
plain
What is an area with low relief and low elevation
200
Earth's age
What is 4.6 BY
200
Outer Core
What is the only true liquid layer?
200
System made up of all of Earth's rocks/soil
What is the geosphere
200
The height above sea-level
What is elevation
300
The most common landform on Earth
What is plain
300
When two objects get further away from each other
What is gravitational force decreases
300
The plastic-like layer in the middle of the mantle
What is the asthenosphere
300
All of Earth's liquid water
What is hydrosphere
300
Describes shapes of geographic areas.
What is topography
400
Plateau
What is low relief & high elevation or can be found on every continent
400
As we move down into the Earth, this happens to the temperature and pressure
What is increase
400
The layer made mostly of iron
What is inner core
400
All the gases surrounding Earth
What is atmosphere
400
Tectonic plates (lithosphere) float on top of
What is the asthenosphere
500
Land features created by rivers cutting rock
What is canyons or valleys
500
The heaviest objects sunk to the inner core due to
What is density
500
The crust and part of the upper mantle
What is the lithosphere
500
All of Earth's frozen water
What is the cryosphere
500
Mountains form
What is What is lava build up, uplift, &/or continental plates colliding
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