Planetary Order & Earth Systems
Which sphere includes the solid rock portion of Earth?
What is the Lithosphere
What part of Earth surrounds the core and is made of many layers?
What is the Mantle
What boundary involves plates sliding past each other?
What is a Transform Boundary
True or False:
Weathering and erosion help form soil.
What is True
What causes sudden, violent movements along fault lines?
what are earthquakes caused by tension and snapping of rocks along fault lines
Which sphere includes all water elements?
What is Hydrosphere
What percent of Earth's water is in the ocean?
What is 97%
What boundary involves plates colliding?
What is Convergent.
True or False:
Mechanical weathering changes rock into a new substance.
Where do earthquakes often occur?
At plate boundaries, especially along fault lines
Which sphere includes living organisms?
What is the Biosphere
What is a glacier?
What is a large body of ice that moves across the Earth's surface.
What boundary involves plates spreading apart?
What is Divergent?
True or False:
Erosion moves weathered material
What is True
What is the Ring of Fire known for?
High earthquake and volcanic activity around the Pacific Ocean
Which sphere includes gases surrounding Earth?
What is the Atmosphere
What is another term for the hydrologic cycle?
What is the Water Cycle.
What causes tectonic plates to move?
What is Convection currents in the mantle
What is chemical weathering?
What is the process that changes the chemical composition of rocks
How do volcanoes form along plate boundaries?
One plate plunges beneath another, melts, and magma rises to the surface
What is the correct order of planets from the Sun outward?
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
What is the largest body of freshwater?
What is Lake Superior or Lake Baikal?
What is the theory that explains the movement of Earth's plates?
Plate tectonics theory
True or False:
Mountainsides produce soil quickly and are not easily eroded.
what is False
What are hot spots and how do they create volcanoes?
Hot areas in the mantle where magma breaks through the crust, forming volcanic islands like Hawaii