4 Spheres
Geological Proc.
Geological Proc. 2
Rock Cycle
Unit 3 misc.
100
This sphere includes all the living things
What is the Biosphere?
100
What is pangea?
100
The layer that is responsible for the plate's movement
What is the mantle?
100
When magma rises from the earth's surface
What is a volcano?
100
Sediments dropped to a new location
What is deposition?
200
The ocean is part of this sphere
What is the Hydrosphere?
200
The breaking of rocks without changing its chemical composition
What is mechanical weathering
200
This layer is made from solid iron and nickel
What is the inner core?
200
A sudden vibration of the earth
What is an earthquake?
200
This is what makes the tectonic plates move
What is mantle convection currents?
300
Rocks, soil and minerals
What is the Geosphere?
300
When sediments move from one location to another
What is erosion?
300
This layer includes magma
What is the mantle?
300
Plates sliding along a ________ line
What is a fault?
300
This percentage is the amount of fresh water is trapped in glaciers and icebergs
What is 75%?
400
All the gases in the air
What is the Atmosphere?
400
Breaking of rocks while changing their chemical composition
What is chemical weathering?
400
This layer is where the plate boundaries are
What is the crust?
400
This rock has a shiny or glassy surface and may include interlocking crystals
What is an igneous rock?
400
The largest sphere on Earth
What is the hydrosphere?
500
A bear hibernates in a cave for the winter is an example of the interactions between theses two spheres
What is the geosphere and the biosphere?
500
Volcanic island arcs and deep sea trenches
What is formed at convergent boundaries?
500
When two plates move away from each other
What is a divergent boundary?
500
Can have foliated textures with bands of light and dark rock
What is metamorphic rocks?
500
Forms layers from deposition and are the least dense type of rock
What is a sedimentary rock?