Earths Major Systems Lesson 1 And 2 Flashcards
The layer of gases that surrounded
Atmosphere
Earths water whether found on continents or in oceans including freshwater glaciers lakes rivers and underground
Hydrosphere
The part of the earth in which living things exist and interact
Biosphere
The layers of rock dirt and soil on earth including the mantle core and crust
Geosphere
Earths 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 earths crust is made of moving playes
Tectonic plates
A pattern or crack in the rocks of earths crust where movement can take place
Fault
The atmosphere contains.________________which plants need it to make food
Carbon dioxide
The __________________ protects living things in biosphere
Ozone layer
The _________________ influences whether patterns
Geosphere
A ____________ scientist who examine rocks to find out about earths history and structure
Geologist
A_________________thought earths continent were a giant jigsaw puzzle
Alfred wegener
________________theory describes the lithosphere as being made of huge plates of solid rock
Plate tectonic
__________________id the squeezing or a pushing together of the crust
Compression
When a plate is compressed, the crust is forward upward producing_____________
Folded mountains
Rocks break down and become ________________
Sediment
Soil forms in layer called_________
Horizons
______________is a thin layer of topsoil with little humus
Forest soil
________________ is sandy and does not have much humus
Desert soil
_______________________________is rich in humus, which provides nutrients for crops and hold water so mineral are not washed deep into the ground
Grassland and prairie soil
