Shake it Up
What are the THREE types of plate boundaries?
Convergent, divergent, transform
What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?
Crust
Approximately what percentage of water is found in the oceans?
97%
What process moves carbon between the atmosphere and the geosphere?
Carbon cycle
What is the name of the most common landform caused by a transform plate boundary?
A fault line
Which layer is made of semi-solid rock that moves slowly?
Asthenosphere
What is an area of land where water naturally collects and filters through plants and soil called?
Wetland
What Earth system is directly affected by earthquakes?
Geosphere
What type of seismic wave travels the fastest?
P-waves
List the four main layers of the Earth from innermost to outermost.
Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
What are the three main forces that create ocean tides?
Sun gravity, moon gravity, Earth rotation
Which two systems interact during a hurricane?
Atmosphere, Hydrosphere
What is the point inside the Earth where an earthquake initiates?
Focus
As you increase the depth, what happens to the temperature and pressure inside the earth?
They both increase.
What is the largest freshwater resource on Earth?
Groundwater
What is one way humans affect the hydrosphere?
Overfishing, polluting, etc
What process in the mantle causes the movement of tectonic plates?
Convection currents
What is responsible for Earth's magnetic field?
The outer core
What are the two main elements found in ocean water?
Sodium and chlorine
Forest fires impact what spheres?
Geosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere