Science ch3
The Earth system that contains all living things is the biosphere
What is biosphere?
A theory that Earth's surface is broken into large, rigid pieces that move with respect to each other
What is plate tectonics?
What are two nonrenewable resources?
What is fossil fuels and uranium?
What is the laying down or settling of eroded material?
What is deposition?
molten rock stored below Earth's surface
What is magma?
This mixture of gases forms a layer around Earth
What is the atmosphere?
The crust and uppermost part of the mantle, make up the
What is the lithosphere?
What are 5 renewable energy resources?
What is solar,wind,water,geothermal,and biomass.
the boundary between two plates that move toward each other
What is the convergent boundary?
What is a earthquake?
The system containing all Earth's water
What is hydrosphere?
The partially melted portion of the mantle below the lithosphere
What is the asthenosphere?
What are 2 advantages of fossil fules?
What is they are easily transported and they are relatively inexpensive?
The process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
What is subduction?
long, narrow mountain range on the ocean floor; formed by magma at divergent plate boundaries
What is a mid-ocean ridge?
Water that is stored in cracks and pores beneath Earth's surface.
What is groundwater?
A boundary where two plates move away from each other is called
What is a divergent boundary?
What are 2 disadvantages of fossil fules?
What is they have limited supply and they are nonrenewable?
a crack or a fracture in Earth's lithosphere along which movement occurs
What is a fault?
amount of energy released during an earthquake, which determines the size of the earthquake
What is magnitude?
The solid part of Earth
What is the geosphere?
A boundary where two plates move toward each other is a
What is a convergent boundary?
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.
magma that erupts onto Earth's surface
What is lava?
a vent in Earth's crust through which molten rock flows
What is a volcano?