Energy in Earth's Systems
Earth's mantle
It is the hot, solid, middle layer of the geosphere.
Igneos Rock
Cooling magma either on or bleow the surface.
Continental drift
Occurs when large landmasses move, like when Pangea broke apart.
Condensation
What is? The process that changes water vapor to tiny droplets of liquid water
Matter cycle in the atmosphere
What is? Air particles
Salt water in the hyrdosphere
97%
Physical Sedimentation
Rock is broken down by the elements into tiny fragments that are later deposited and compated together.
Tectonic plates
The theory of plate tectonics says the rigid pieces of the lithosphere move across Earth's surface move very slowly.
Evaporation/Transpiration
Geosphere main parts
Radiation in the hydrosphere
Solar energy heats up water in the shallows of a lake.
Metamorphic rock and its processes
Derformation and Recrystallization.
Uplift
What is? Mountain ranges are formed over hundreds of millions of years through
Runoff
What is ? When water flows over the land into a lake, river, or ocean
Uniformatarianism
Matter and energy in the biosphere
Food chains
Mid-ocean ridge
What is? A chain of volcanic mountains found on the seafloor.
Seafloor spreading
What is the process by which the rocks on either side of the mid-ocean ridge slowly pull away from each other, allowing molten rock to rise, solidify, and form new seafloor.
Precipitation falls because
Gravity
Weather patters on Earth
What is. Interactions between water in the hydrosphere, gasses in the atmosphere, and energy form the sun through solar radion create weather patterns on Earth.
Air is heated at the equator, rises, and moves towards the poles where it cools and sinks.
Magma
What is Liquid rock inside the Earth
Convergent, Divergent, and Trasform boundaries
What is two plate move toward each other, two plates move away from each other, and two plates slide past each other.
What powers the Water Cycle?
What is? The sun and Earth's gravity.
Hypothesis and Scientific theory
What is? A hypothesis is a prediction based on limited evidence, while a theory is a well- established idea supported by a large amount of evidence.