The direction the plates move in a convergent plate boundary
What is towards each other
an important process in the environment that creates the ability of plants to grow.
What is Soil Formation
The two major gasses that make up our atmosphere
What are Oxygen & Nitrogen
a channel that concentrates runoff to the main discharge point. Usually, the discharge point is at the lowest point
What is a watershed
creates reservoirs for drinking water, and produce hydroelectricity.
A dam
Most volcanoes are found here.
what is the Pacific Ring of fire
Surface litter, like leaves and other decaying matter, aka humus
What is O Horizon
The most abundant greenhouse gas.
What is water vapor.
The type of soil that has the least porosity.
What is Clay
united nations suggest that how many people live in regions that have scarcity of water
What is 1.2 billion
A process that takes place at divergent plate boundaries
what is Sea Floor Spreading
Zone of Leaching, nutrients from upper horizons moves to lower horizons
What is E Horizon
This layer absorbs UV radiation given off by the sun.
What is ozone
where is the majority of the earths freshwater
What is in Glaciers & Ice
the oldest and least expensive type of irrigation is
What is Furrow irrigation
The less dense type of crust
What is Continental Crust
Layers of Soil
What are Soil Horizons
Layer of the atmosphere that we live in & where weather occurs?
What is Troposphere
gray water comes from
What is baths, showers, sinks, Washing mashings.
overall, the greatest percentage of household water use in the united states is for
What is flushing toilets.
The two layers that make up the upper mantle and crust.
What is lithosphere & Asthenosphere
Name the 5 layers of soils
What is O, A, E, B, C
Every other layer of the atmosphere experiences temperature differently. This is within the Stratosphere & Thermosphere.
What is temperature inversion.
This is a method for solving erosion problems
What is terracing
fracture in a rock across which there is a movement
What is a fault