Earths Major Systems Lesson 1 And 2 Flashcards

1
Q

The layer of gases that surrounded

A

Atmosphere

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2
Q

Earths water whether found on continents or in oceans including freshwater glaciers lakes rivers and underground

A

Hydrosphere

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3
Q

The part of the earth in which living things exist and interact

A

Biosphere

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4
Q

The layers of rock dirt and soil on earth including the mantle core and crust

A

Geosphere

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5
Q

Earths solid rocky surface

A

Crust

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6
Q

The layer of earth beneath the crust

A

Mantle

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7
Q

The central part of earth

A

Core

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8
Q

The slow movement of the continents over many years

A

Continental drift

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9
Q

Scientific theory that earths crust is made of moving playes

A

Tectonic plates

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10
Q

A pattern or crack in the rocks of earths crust where movement can take place

A

Fault

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11
Q

The atmosphere contains.________________which plants need it to make food

A

Carbon dioxide

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12
Q

The __________________ protects living things in biosphere

A

Ozone layer

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13
Q

The _________________ influences whether patterns

A

Geosphere

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14
Q

A ____________ scientist who examine rocks to find out about earths history and structure

A

Geologist

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15
Q

A_________________thought earths continent were a giant jigsaw puzzle

A

Alfred wegener

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16
Q

________________theory describes the lithosphere as being made of huge plates of solid rock

A

Plate tectonic

17
Q

__________________id the squeezing or a pushing together of the crust

A

Compression

18
Q

When a plate is compressed, the crust is forward upward producing_____________

A

Folded mountains

19
Q

Rocks break down and become ________________

A

Sediment

20
Q

Soil forms in layer called_________

A

Horizons

21
Q

______________is a thin layer of topsoil with little humus

A

Forest soil

22
Q

________________ is sandy and does not have much humus

A

Desert soil

23
Q

_______________________________is rich in humus, which provides nutrients for crops and hold water so mineral are not washed deep into the ground

A

Grassland and prairie soil