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Which Earth system contains all living things?
Biosphere
What was the name of the supercontinent?
Pangea
What is the plate boundary where both plates move away from each other?
Divergent Boundary
What is a possible explanation for an observation that can be tested by scientific investigations?
Hypothesis
What is the mixture of gasses that form a layer around Earth called?
The Atmosphere
What are traces of organisms preserved in rock called?
Fossils
What is a a break in the rock of Earth’s crust or mantle?
Fault
What should you do if your hypothesis is NOT confirmed?
Modify and retest
What is the most common gas in the atmosphere?
Nitrogen
Which plate boundary is described as the two plates moving past each other at opposite directions?
Transform Boundaries
What is the name for when two plates collide with each other?
Convergent boundary
What is a rule that describes a repeatable pattern in nature?
What layer of the atmosphere is nicknamed the "sunscreen" for Earth?
Ozone Layer or Stratosphere
What is the movement of fluid driven by temperature differences at the tip and bottom, such as cold water sinking from the surface and warm water rising from below?
Convection
What is a a wave or series of waves produced by an earthquake or landslide?
A Tsunami
What type of scientists study the many processes that occur on Earth and deep within Earth?
Earth Scientists
What is the water that is stored in cracks and pores beneath earth’s surface called?
Groundwater
In what process does molten rock flow up through a crack in Earth’s crust and harden into solid strips of new rock on both sides of the crack?
Sea-floor Spreading
What is the process when rock is being pushed in two opposite directions, to the point that it bends or breaks?
Shearing