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Layers of the Earth
Layers of the Atmosphere
Earthquakes
Heat Transfer
Hydrosphere
100
What is the top compositional layer of the Earth?
crust
100
What is the layer of the atmosphere where most weather takes place?
Troposphere
100
What are the moving plates on the Earth surface?
Tectonic Plates
100
What is heat transfer by physical contact called?
Conduction
100
What is the continuous movement of water from the Earth to the atmosphere and back called?
Water Cycle
200
What is the compositional layer in the middle of the Earth?
core
200
What is the most distant layer of the atmosphere?
Thermosphere
200
What is a break in the Earth's crust called?
fault
200
What is heat transfer through space called?
Radiation
200
What is the change of water to water vapor called?
evaporation
300
What is the top physical layer of the Earth?
Lithosphere
300
What is the second layer of the atmosphere from Earth?
Stratosphere
300
What is earthquake intensity measured by?
Richter Scale
300
What is heat transfer through gas or liquid currents called?
Convection
300
What is the change from water vapor to water called?
Condensation
400
What is the second physical layer of the Earth that is plastic like?
Asthenosphere
400
What layer of the atmosphere is the third from the Earth and often contains shooting stars?
Mesosphere
400
What causes an earthquake?
Rocks breaking along a fault
400
What effect holds heat in and provides the Earth with stable temperatures?
Greenhouse Effect
400
What is the amount of salt in water called?
Salinity
500
What is the middle compositional layer of the Earth?
mantle
500
What layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
stratosphere
500
In what areas do earthquakes usually happen?
Along tectonic plate borders
500
Give an example for radiation, conduction, and convection.
Varied
500
What is water that does not contain salt called?
Fresh Water