Rock Cycle
The Three types of Rocks
What are Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic
The doldrums are located between these latitudes
What is 5 o N and 5 oS
All water on earth is contained in these three spheres
What is hydrosphere, cryosphere, and atmosphere
part of atmosphere that protects Earth from UV rays
What is the ozone
Characterized by conifers and long harsh winters
Taiga
Igneous Rocks are formed by
What is cooling and solidification of magma
Blow from west to east between 30o and 60o
What is Westerlies
Layer of gases surrounding earth
What is the atmosphere
ongoing process of rock transformation
What is the rock cycle
Characterized by very little rainfall and biodiversity
What are deserts
Rocks formed by heat and pressure
What is metamorphic rock
Causes wind patterns
What is uneven heating of the Earth's surface
from the Greek, life, this sphere contains all living things
What is biosphere
deflection of moving air caused by Earth's rotation
Coriolis Effect
characterized by deciduous trees and four seasons
What are temperate forests
breakdown of rocks
What is Weathering
Blow from east to west near the equator
What is Trade Winds
outermost layer of the atmosphere
What is the exosphere
Plate boundary that forms metamorphic rocks
What is Subduction Zone
Characterized by heavy rainfall and wide biodiversity
What are rainforests
the processes by which sediments are carried and dropped at new places
What is erosion and deposition
Fast Moving current of air high in the atmosphere
What is Jetstreams
There are two types of these, Continental and Alpine
What are glaciers
Igneous rocks that form inside a volcano
What intrusive igneous rocks
Characterized by few trees and regulating themselves through wildfires
What are grasslands