Vocabulary
The outermost physical layer of the earth?
What is the lithosphere?
This type of plate tectonic exists when there are earthquakes
What is a transform boundary?
When a rock gets weathered and moved to another location this process is
What is erosion?
The first step in the hydrologic cycle is
What is precipitation?
This layer is described as a solid metal ball
What is the inner core?
The landform that has 3 sides of water around it
What is a Peninsula?
The group of plate boundaries where earthquakes and volcanoes happen the most frequently
What is the ring of fire?
When the sediments are moved and placed into another location that is called what?
What is deposition?
When the water can not soak into the ground anymore and uses gravity to get to the low point it is called
What is runoff?
This physical layer consists of the crust and the upper mantle
What is the lithosphere?
The stage of the hydrologic cycle where water gets soaked into the ground
What is infiltration?
Divergent boundaries do what
What is moving away from each other?
Rust on a car is an example of
What is chemical weathering?
This step in the hydrologic cycle creates clouds
What is condensation?
This physical layer of the earth is described as rigid and has bendable rock (marshmallow)
What is the asthenosphere?
The most deadly form of mass movement
What is a landslide?
Convergent boundaries create this type of landform
What is a mountain?
The Grand Canyon is an example of
What is Mechanical Weathering?
This step in the hydrologic cycle turns a liquid into a gas
What is evaporation?
There are two types of crusts which are
What are oceanic and continental crusts?
This form of mass movement only exists when there is a very dry area that receives a heavy rain
What is a mudslide?
When plate boundaries move along a convergent boundary line the new land brought up is what compared to the land that exists
What is the earth gets younger?
The 5 agents of erosion are
What is running water, wind, glaciers, waves, and gravity?
In transpiration how much of the water stays in the plant to help it grow?
What is 1%?
Lithos is greek for
What is weak?