Spheres of Earth
The layer of air surrounding the Earth
Atmosphere
The atmospheric layer in which we live
Troposphere
Usually depicted with small triangles pointing in the direction in which it is going
cold front
The breakdown of the earth's surface
weathering
The closest star to earth
our sun
The layer of water making up 75% of its surface
Hydrosphere
The atmospheric layer where weather occurs
Troposphere
Usually depicted with a H and is associated with clear skies - makes winter nights really cold
High pressure system
The movement of broken particles from one place to another
erosion
the twin to earth except that it is 700*F and rotates retrograde (backwards)
Venus
The layer of solid rock on Earth
Lithosphere
The atmospheric layer that protects us from UV radiation
ozone
The average conditions in a place over a 30 year period
climate
The most common agent of weathering and erosion in our area
water
One of the two reasons we have seasons
tilt of the earth or revolution around the sun
Cracks in the Lithosphere along which movement occurs due to the Mid Oceans Ridge
faults
The two most abundant gases in the atmosphere
Nitrogen and Oxygen
Used to measure air pressure. A drop in pressure indicates a storm moving in.
barometer
large deposits at the base of rivers including the sediments carried from further north
delta
what lies between the planet Mars and the planet Jupiter?
asteroid belt
The theory that Pangaea broke up into our currents continents and is still moving is called
Theory of Plate Tectonics
The atmospheric layer of charged particles used to bounce radio waves off of. (changes altitude day and night)
ionosphere
WHere all of the air masses collide in the mid section of our country, we get this
Tornado alley
Cole can be strip mined or tunnel mined. Is this energy source is considered renewable or nonrenewable?
nonrenewable (fossil fuel from dino days' plants)
What NASA mission took us to the moon?
the Apollo missions