Natural Resources
A stove is an example of which natural resource?
GAS
What is an atmosphere?
An atmosphere is made of the layers of gases surrounding a planet or other celestial body.
Force that draws objects to its center
GRAVITY
3 plate boundaries:
convergent, divergent, transform
What is a landform?
A landform is a feature on Earth's surface that is part of the terrain.
What are the 3 most important natural resources?
WATER
AIR
SOIL
How many atmospheres has Earth had?
3
Small, rocky, objects that orbit the sun
What is a divergent plate?
When two tectonic plates move away from each other
A volcano and a mountain can be made by a _______ plate boundary.
Convergent
Crude Oil is also known as
PETROLEUM
What time period did the first atmosphere occur?
Occurred 4.6-4.5 billion years ago
Colossal explosion of a star
SUPERNOVA
What is a convergent plate?
Occurs when plates move toward each other and collide
Divergent plates create landforms in the ocean called mid-_____ ______.
4 Stages in Coal Formation
PEAT
LIGNITE
BITUMINOUS
ANTHRACITE
What is paleoclimatology?
study of Earth’s ancient climate/atmosphere.
The distance light travels in one year
When two plates slide past each other, this is an example of _______ plate boundary.
transform
The most common landform in the world is the 5 _______. Including the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, southern, and Artic.
Oceans