Plate Tectonics
Who proposed the theory of plate tectonics?
Alfred Wegener
The compositional layer of earth that looks like a solid, moves like a liquid
Mantle
The rotation of the earth that moves water currents is also known as the
Coriolis Effect
The burning of fossil fuels is also known as ________________.
Combustion
What terms refer to the concept of break it, take it, drop it.
Weathering, erosion, deposition
Earthquakes are typically the result of _____ plate movement.
Transform
The sphere of the earth that maintains life is known as the ___.
Biosphere
The term 'thermohaline' refers to the factors: __.
temperature and salt
The circulation of carbon through living and non-living systems is known as __.
The carbon cycle
_____________ is the process by which water, wind, or other agents carry sediments to be deposited into new areas.
Erosion
What can result from the movement of convergent plate boundaries?
Volcanoes, Mountains, Earthquakes
The compositional layers of the earth include __, __, and ___.
Crust, mantle, core
Deep water currents are caused by factors that result in a difference in ____.
Density
What two natural processes release carbon dioxide back into the air
photosynthesis and respiration
Free
Free
A horseshoe-shaped zone of intense volcanic and seismic activity surrounding the Pacific Ocean, caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
Ring of Fire
As you move deeper into the earth, what three things increase?
Temperature, pressure, and density
The two factors that move surface water currents are __ and ___
Wind and Coriolis effect (earth's rotation)
Upon death and _____________, organisms that were once living are buried under the earth, which can be used as _________________ after many years underground.
Decomposition, fossil fuels
Which is responsible for ‘breaking’ the earth?
Weathering
In the Continental Drift Theory, Pangaea is known as a _____.
Supercontinent
Name the mechanical layers that make up the mantle
lithosphere, asthenosphere, and mesosphere
The place where salt and freshwater meet is called an ___.
Estuary
What gases can be released during the process of the Carbon Cycle
Carbon dioxide & Methane
Beaches and sand dunes are created due to which process?
deposition