Chapter 2 A Living Planet

Question 0

Consists of the sun and nine known planets, as well as other celestial bodies that orbit the sun

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Solar System

Question 1

A landmass above water on the earth

Answer 1

Continent

Question 2

The layers of gases immediately surrounding the earth

Answer 2

Atmosphere

Question 3

The solid rock portion of the earth’ surface

Answer 3

Lithosphere

Question 4

The waters compromising the earth’s surface, including oceans, seas, rivers, lakes, and vapor in the atmosphere

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Hydrosphere

Question 5

All the parts of the earth where plants and animals live, including the atmosphere, the lithosphere, and the hydrosphere

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Biosphere

Question 6

The earth’s center, made up of iron and nickel; the inner core is solid and the outer core is liquid

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Core

Question 7

A rock layer about 1,800 miles thick that is between the earth’s crust and the earth’s core

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Mantle

Question 8

The thin rock layer making up the earth’s core

Answer 8

Crust

Question 9

The hypothesis that all continents were once joined into a supercontinent that split apart over millions of years

Answer 9

Continental Drift

Question 10

The continuous circulations of water among the atmosphere, the oceans, and the earth

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Hydrological Cycle

Question 11

The water held underwater the earth’s surface,often in and around pores of rock

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Ground Water

Question 12

The level at which rock is saturated

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Water Table

Question 13

A naturally formed feature on the surface of the earth

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Landform

Question 14

The earth’s surface from the edge of a continent to the deep part of the ocean

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Continental Shelf

Question 15

The difference in elevation of a landform from the lowest point to the highest point

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Relief

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The combined characteristics of landforms and their distribution in a region

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Topography

Question 17

An enormous moving shelf that forms the earth’s crust

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Tectonic Plates

Question 18

A fault in the earth’s crust

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Fault

Question 19

The point on the earth’s surface that corresponds to the location in the earth where an earthquake begins

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Epicenter

Question 20

A giant ocean wave, caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption, with great destructive power

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Tsunami

Question 21

A natural event, formed when magma, gases, and water from the lower part of the crust or mantle collect in underground chambers and eventually erupt and pour out of cracks in the earth’s surface

Answer 21

Volcano

Question 22

The chain of volcanoes that lines the Pacific Rim

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Ring of Fire

Question 23

Natural processes that a break rock into smaller pieces

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Mechanical Weathering

Question 24

A process that changes rocks into a new substance through interactions among elements in the air or water and the minerals in the rocks

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Chemical Weathering

Question 25

The result of weathering on matter created by the action of wind, water, ice, or gravity

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Erosion