Chapter 2 Vocab/Notes

Question 1

The part of the earth made up of oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water

Answer 1

hydrosphere

Question 2

the surface land areas of the earths crust, including continents and the ocean floor

Answer 2

lithosphere

Question 3

the air that surrounds the earth

Answer 3

atmosphere

Question 4

the part of the earth where life exists

Answer 4

biosphere

Question 5

the part of a continent that extends underwater

Answer 5

continental shelf

Question 6

a thick layer of hot, dense rock beneath the earths crust

Answer 6

mantle

Question 7

the slow movement of continents across the earth

Answer 7

continental drift

Question 8

molten rock

Answer 8

magma

Question 9

the movement of great slab of rock that make up the earths crust

Answer 9

plate tectonics

Question 10

a heavier sea plate diving under a lighter continental plate

Answer 10

subduction

Question 11

pieces of the earths crust coming together slowly as a sea plate slides under a continental plate

Answer 11

accreation

Question 12

sea plates pulling apart

Answer 12

spreading

Question 13

a bend in layers of rock

Answer 13

fold

Question 14

a crack in the earths crust

Answer 14

fault

Question 15

the process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces

Answer 15

weathering

Question 16

the weaving away of the earths surface by wind, glaciers, and moving water

Answer 16

erosion

Question 17

a fertile, yellow-gray soil deposited by wind and water

Answer 17

loess

Question 18

large piles of rocks and debris caused by melting and moving glaciers

Answer 18

moraine

Question 18

large body of ice that slowly moves cross the earths surface

Answer 18

glacier