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Landmasses above water on earth
Continents
Consists oh the sun and nine known plants
Solar system
Center of the earth
Core
Surrounding the core
Mantle
Molten rock
Magma
The lay of rock on the earths surface
Crust
Contains oxygen that we breath and protects earth from radiation and space dibrie
Atmosphere
Solid rock portion of the earth surface witch includes the uppermost mantle and earths crust
Lithosphere
All the water elements
Hydrosphere
Part of the earth where plants and animals live
Biosphere
Continents that move apart
Continental drift
Continous circulation of water between the atmosphere and the earth
Hydrologic cycle
An area drained by a major river
Drainage basin
Water held in pores of rock
Ground water
The rise or fall depending on the amount of precipitation in the region
Water table
The surface from the edge of a continent to the deep part of the ocean
Continental shift
A geographic feature that separates one type of landform from another
Relief
The combination of the surface shape and composition of the landforms and their distribution in a region
Topography
Tectonic plates
Enormous moving pieces of the earths lithosphere riding above the circulation system
Fault
Fracture in the earths crust
What are the tectonic plate movements?
Spreading apart, subduction or diving under another plate, collision or crashing into each other, sliding past each other in a shearing motion.
What are the three types of boundaries marks when their is tectonic movements.
?
Divergent boundary:plates move apart spreading horizontally
Convergent boundary:plates collide one goes under the other or they crumble into each other
Transform boundary: plates slide past one another.
Earthquake
Violent movement of the earth
Seismograph
Special device that can detect earthquakes and measures the size waves.
Epicenter
The point directly above the focus of the earths surface.
Richter scale
Information collected by seismographs to determine the relative strength of a earthquake.
Tsunami
A giant wave in the ocean caused by an earthquake
Volcano
A crack in the earths surface that lava comes out of
Lava
Magma that reaches the earths surface
Ring of fire
A zone around the rumor the pacific ocean is the location of the vast majority of active volcanoes
weathering
Refers to physical and chemical processes that change the characteristics of rock on or near the earths surface
Sediment
Mud sand or silt is examples of?
Mechanical weathering
Process that breaks Rick into smaller pieces
Chemical weathering
Occurs when rock is changed into a new substance as a result of interaction between elements in the air or water and the minerals in the rock
Erosion
Occurs when weathered material is moved by the action of wind, water, ice, gravity
Delta
When a river enters the ocean, the sediment is deposited in a fan-like landform
Loess
Wind blown silt and clay sediment that produce very fertile soil
Glacier
A large long lasting of ice that moves because of gravity.
Glaciation
The changing of landforms npby slow moving glaciers
Moraine
Rocks left behind from a glacier melting forming ridges or hills
Humus
Organic material in the soil
What 5 factors to geographers study when they look at soil?
Parent material, relief, organisms, climate, time