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Vocabulary
Earth Layers
Earth Systems
Water Cycle
100
What is the tendency of minerals to break along smooth, flat surfaces?
Cleavage
100
What is the largest layer of the Earth?
The Mantle
100
How many Earth Systems are there?
4
100
What is the process of water rising from a larger body of water?
Evaporation
200
What is the tendency of minerals to break along irregular surfaces?
Fracture
200
Is the Inner Core liquid or solid?
Solid
200
Which Earth System is within all other systems?
The Biosphere
200
What is rain, snow, and hail categorized as?
Precipitation
300
What is the color of a mineral's powder?
Streak
300
Is Oceanic Crust or Continental Crust denser
Oceanic Crust
300
What are the 4 Earth Systems?
Atmosphere, Biosphere, Geosphere, and Hydrosphere
300
What forms can water become besides liquid?
Solid and Gas
400
What is the way a mineral's surface reflects light called?
Luster
400
What is the brittle outer layer formed by the crust and the upper-most mantle?
The Lithosphere
400
The Hydrosphere interacts directly with this system through weathering and erosion.
The Geosphere
400
What systems do the water cycle interact with?
All of them
500
What are gases in the atmosphere that absorb and reradiate thermal energy?
Greenhouse Gases
500
What is the weak, partially melted layer of the mantle?
The Asthenosphere
500
What are the two main gases in the atmosphere?
Nitrogen and Oxygen
500
What energy does water move throughout the water cycle?
Thermal Energy