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Vocab
Earth is a system
Layers of the Earth
Earth's Surface I
Earth's Surface II
100

When wind and water carry rocks over the surface of the Earth, wearing down the rock. 

What is abrasion? 
100

All of the gasses that surround Earth? 

What is the atmosphere?
100
This is the layer of the Earth we live on.
What is the crust?
100
The crust is made up of pieces called THIS.
What is tectonic plates?
100
This is an example of a natural disaster caused by the Earth's crust.
What is a tsunami, earthquake, volcano?
200

When something rubs or hits a rock to break it into smaller pieces. It is only changing the physical properties of the rock.

What is physical weathering? 

200

A___________ is a three-dimensional circular, or round, shape.

What is a sphere? 
200
This is the layer of the Earth that does not move.
What is the inner core?
200

The Himalayas (mountains) are caused by this.

Convergent boundaries 

200
This is the difference between plate boundaries and faults.
What is faults occur in the middle of a plate, boundaries are on the edge.
300

_____________ is the movement small rock pieces to a different location.

What is Erosion? 
300

Earth’s crust and landforms

What is the lithosphere?

300

This is where convection currents occur, where magma is found. 

What is the mantle?

300

When two plates rub together we call this a ____________. 

transform boundary 

300
What are the three disasters caused by tectonic activity?
volcanoes, tsunamis, earthquakes
400

Oxygen in water and air reacts with substances in rock to form new types of rock.

What is oxidation? 

400

All the water in the Earths system

What is Hydrosphere? 

400
This layer of the Earth causes the magnetic poles.
What is the outer core?
400
This type of plate is more dense and heavier: oceanic crust or continental crust.
What is oceanic crust?
400
When two tectonic plates move toward each other, one plate is forced below. We call this___________. 

Subduction 

500

___________ is a group of parts that work together as one.

What is system? 

500
all life on Earth 

Bioshpere

500
These layers of the Earth are solid.
What is the Inner Core and the Crust?
500
This is where two plates are separating.
What is Atlantic ocean or Pacific Ocean? Divergent plate boundary
500
The Tetons are an example of this type of fault.
What is normal fault (moving apart)?