Earth’s major System Lesson 1 and 2 Flashcards
The layer of glass that surround earth
Atmosphere
Earth’s water,whether found on continent or in oceans,including freshwater in glacier,lakes,rivers,and underground
Hydrosphere
The part of the earth in which living things exist and interact
Biosphere
The layer of rocks,dirt,and soil on earth,including the mantle,core and crust
Geosphere
Earth’s solid,rocky surface
Crust
The layer of earth beneath the crust
Mantle
The central part of earth
Core
The slow movement of the continents over many years
Continental drift
Scientific theory that earth’s crust is made of moving plates
Tectonic plates
A pattern or crack in the rocks of earth’s crust where movement can take place
Fault
The atmosphere contains. Which plants needs it to make food
Carbon dioxide
The. protects living things in biosphere
Ozone layer
The. influence wester patterns
Geosphere
A. Scientist who examines rocks to find out about earth’s history and structure
Geologist
Thought earth’s continents were a giant jigsaw puzzle
Alfred Wegener
Theory describes the lithosphere as being made as huge plates of solid rock
Plate tectonics
Is the squeezing or a pushing together of the crust
Compressed
Then a plate is compressed,the crust is forced upward,produced
Folding mountains
Rocks break down and become
Sediment
Soil forms in layer called
Horizon
is sandy and doesn’t have much humus
Desert soil
Is rich in humus,which provides nutrients for crops and hold water so minerals are not washed deep into the ground
Grassland and prairie soil
