Geosphere I
The center of the earth is known as this.
What is the core?
Fossils are usually found in this type of rock.
What is sedimentary rock?
What is salinity?
how much salt (and minerals) is dissolved in water?
What is the highest layer of the atmposhere?
The Thermosphere
When solid rock in the crust and upper mantle melt on the surface it is known as this.
What is lava?
These are the eruptions of water created when groundwater is heated by magma on karst topography.
What are geysers?
Another name for the Water Cycle.
What is the Hydrologic Cycle?
What is the stratosphere so warm?
Because the ozone traps heat.
This is the first wave from an earthquake that can not be detected by human senses.
What is the P Wave?
You can’t see or feel these particles; they drain slowly and retain water.
What is clay?
This word describes how water vapor moves between plants and the atmosphere.
What is transpiration?
What is the second largest composition of the atmosphere?
Overall, this seismic wave is the most destructive.
What are Love Waves?
A volcano erupts ash and volcanic material mixes with rain and soil forming into this mass movement.
What is Lahar?
Greater percolation would occur in soil with high...
What is high permeability?
What are the contour lines that locate pressure on a weather called?
Isobars
As one plate converges with another, the world's tallest mountains are formed. Name these type
of mountains.
What are uplifted (folded) mountains?
This is a perfect mixture of soil textures (best for plant growth)
What is loam?
Sediments and rocks that roll along the river bottom are known as this...
What is bed load?
Isobars that are close to together indicate what?
Strong winds and perhaps even storms