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Earths solid part, crust mantle and core. The flow of energy outward from Earth's interior and the force of gravity pulling matter toward
Geosphere
The transfer of heat energy through space by invisible waves.
Radiation
A mixture of rock and mineral particles, living and once-living matter, water, and air
Soil
move only a few centimeters per year. You can look for plate motion at plate boundaries.
Rate of techtonic movement
a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates which move slowly over the underlying mantle.
Plate Tectonics
all the water that surrounds earth energy in the geosphere is transferred from one place to another by conduction and convection.
Hydrosphere
the physical or chemical breakdown of rock on Earth’s surface
Weathering
The idea that any natural processes we can observe today happened in the same way in the past and will also happen in the same way in the future
Uniformitarianism
when old rock is pushed by water and creates a new floor
Seafloor spreading
rock that forms the core of magma
Igenous Rock
all the living things that are on earth. Most of the energy and matter in the biosphere is cycled from one organism to another through relationships called food chains.
Biosphere
the removal of rock material by wind, water, ice, or gravity the removal of rock material by wind, water, ice, or gravity
Erosion
Occurs where two plates move toward each other.
Convergent Boundary
the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
Subduction
many tiny rock fragments formed into one big rock
Sedimentary Rock
the transfer of energy caused by the circulation of matter due to differences in density.
Convection
The accumulation of eroded rock material transported from another location
Deposition
occurs where two plates move away from each other.
Divergent boundary
a long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma associated with seafloor spreading.
Mid Ocean Ridge
a rock that was formed by heat and pressure
Metamorphic Rock
They are found in any fluid liquid or gas where heat causes circulation, most in Earths atmosphere (Hadley Cells)
Location of Convection Cell
Weathering, erosion, and deposition cause many small changes that, over time, can lead to large changes that shape Earth’s surface.
Rate of change of earths processes
occurs where two plates move away from each other.
Transform Boundary
Theory that earths continents have moved relative to each other over time and they were once together
Continental Drift
formed when high pressure causes minerals and rock to recrystallize
Recrystallization