Science ch3
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vocab
100

The Earth system that contains all living things is the biosphere

What is biosphere?

100

A theory that Earth's surface is broken into large, rigid pieces that move with respect to each other 

What is plate tectonics?

100

What are two nonrenewable resources?

What is fossil fuels and uranium?

100

What is the laying down or settling of eroded material?

What is deposition?

100

molten rock stored below Earth's surface

What is magma?

200

This mixture of gases forms a layer around Earth 

What is the atmosphere?

200

The crust and uppermost part of the mantle, make up the 

What is the lithosphere?

200

What are 5 renewable energy resources?

What is solar,wind,water,geothermal,and biomass.

200

the boundary between two plates that move toward each other 

What is the convergent boundary?

200
vibrations caused by the rupture and sudden movement of rocks along a break or a crack in Earth's crust

What is a earthquake?

300

The system containing all Earth's water 

What is hydrosphere?

300

The partially melted portion of the mantle below the lithosphere 

What is the asthenosphere?

300

What are 2 advantages of fossil fules?

What is they are easily transported and they are relatively inexpensive?

300

The process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate 

What is subduction?

300

long, narrow mountain range on the ocean floor; formed by magma at divergent plate boundaries

What is a mid-ocean ridge?

400

Water that is stored in cracks and pores beneath Earth's surface.

What is groundwater?

400

A boundary where two plates move away from each other is called

What is a divergent boundary?

400

What are 2 disadvantages of fossil fules?

What is they have limited supply and they are nonrenewable?

400

a crack or a fracture in Earth's lithosphere along which movement occurs

What is a fault?

400

amount of energy released during an earthquake, which determines the size of the earthquake

What is magnitude?

500

The solid part of Earth 

What is the geosphere?

500

A boundary where two plates move toward each other is a

What is a convergent boundary?

500

What are 2 advantages of nuclear energy

What is a small amount of the element produces a large amount of energy and a properly working nuclear plant does not pollute the air, soil, or water.

500

magma that erupts onto Earth's surface

What is lava?

500

a vent in Earth's crust through which molten rock flows

What is a volcano?

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