earths layers
the only liquid layer of the earth
what is mantle?
a seamount with a flat top
what is guyot?
the theory explaining how large pieces of the lithosphere move/ change shape when plates move apart
what is plate tectonics?
lithogenous
biogenous
hydrogenous
cosmogenous
what are the 4 sediment types?
measures east to west lines on the globe
what is latitude?
the innermost layer of the earth
what is inner core?
a narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses
what is isthmus?
when plates move apart
what is divergent boundary?
biogenous organisms originate from these
what are living organisms?
measures north to south lines on the globe
what is longitude?
the upper layer of earths mantle below the lithosphere where convection occurs
what is asthenosphere?
a flat region of the deep ocean
what is abyssal plain?
when plates come together
what is convergent boundary?
small fragments of preexisting rocks that made their way into the ocean
what is the composition of lithogenous sediments?
line separates the northern and southern hemisphere on earth
what is the equator?
single/multiphase fluid flow that occurs due to density and gravity
what is convection currents?
continuous mountain chain on the seafloor
what is mid-ocean ridge?
when plates slide past each other
what is transform boundary?
mid ocean ridges and areas starved of other sediment types
what is the distribution of hydrogenous sediments?
line separates eastern and western hemisphere on earth
what is the prime meridian?
layer that makes up for 1/3 of the earth's surface
what is continental crust?
an undersea hill or mountain
what is seamount?
super continent that incorporated all of the landmasses on earth
what is pangaea?
meteorites and space dust
city in europe that the prime meridian runs through
what is greenwich, england?