Vocab
This is the study of the earth
What is Geology?
This special design characteristic of earth protects us form harmful radiation
What is the earth's magnetic field?
This is the founder of uniformitarianism?
Who is James Hutton?
This is another name for earthquake waves, which are used to study earth's interior
What are seismic waves?
If a resource's supply is unlimited or is easily replenished, it is thought of as this
What is renewable?
This layer of the earth is the innermost layer
What is the inner core?
Only 8 planets in our solar system have atmospheres, but the Earth's is extra special because it is this
What is transparent?
This book revived the young-earth view of geology
What is the Genesis Flood?
The Mohorovicic discontinuity, which is the boundary between the crust and the mantle, is also called this for short
What is the Moho?
This involves controlling the use of natural resources and overseeing how fast they can be replaced
What is resource management?
this is the belief that earth-forming processes are natural and have always occurred at the same rate
What is uniformitarianism?
Being in this special distance from the sun allows the Earth to have liquid water at its surface, rather than ice or vapor
What is the habitability zone?
This kind of geology is involved in interested in examining the past, like asking how the Grand Canyon was formed
What is historical geology
This is a specific segment of the Earth's structure, which combines the crust with the solid tectonic plates of the upper mantle
What is the lithosphere?
This, along with how accessible it is, determines the value of a resource
What is its location?
any raw material from our environment is called this
what is a natural resource?
These are distinct divisions in the crust that can move or slide
What are tectonic plates?
All scientists believe the earth is regular and predictable; this is called the principle of cause and effect and this
What is uniformity?
This layer of Earth's structure is in the mantle, where seismic waves slow down and the rock is close to melting
What is the asthenosphere?
This kind of resource has been identified, but is not currently being used
What is a potential resource?
This viewpoint in geology would say the earth is billions of years old, and assigns very old ages to rocks
What is the deep-time view?
What is a black hole?
This old-earth theory claims the continents were once one big land mass that then broke up and drifted
What is the plate tectonics theory?
This part of Earth, which is mostly made of iron, is thought to possibly be the source of our magnetic field
What is the core?
Maintaining this means using a resource at a rate that allows it to replenish
What is a sustainable yield?