Geography Test Four

Front 1

The four regions of earth

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crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

Front 2

the outer most solid layer of earth

Back 2

crust

Front 3

the crust is how many times as thick as continents

Back 3

three

Front 4

the crust makes up

Back 4

one percent of the earths volume

Front 5

The boundary between earths crust and mantle

Back 5

mohorovicic discontinuity

Front 6

The portion of earths crust and the surrounding the outer core

Back 6

mantle

Front 7

the mantle is the largest volume

Back 7

of all the layers

Front 8

the mantle makes up

Back 8

two thirds of earths mass

Front 9

the uppermost zone of the mantle that underlies the lithosphere

Back 9

asthenosphere

Front 10

the molten liquid shell beneath the mantle that encloses earths inner core

Back 10

outer core

Front 11

Responsible for generating earths

Back 11

magnetic field

Front 12

the supposedly solid, dense innermost portion of earth

Back 12

inner core

Front 13

theory that proposes that the present continents were originally connected

Back 13

continental drift

Front 14

a coherent theory of massive crustal rearrangement based on the movement of continent sized lithosphere

Back 14

plate tectonics

Front 15

a naturally formed inorganic solid substance that has an unvarying chemical composition

Back 15

mineral

Front 16

any mineral must be

Back 16

solid, naturally occuring, inorganic, possess a specific chemical composition, and contain atoms arranged in a regular pattern

Front 17

solid material composed of aggregate mineral particles

Back 17

rock

Front 18

surface exposure of bedrock

Back 18

outertop

Front 19

buried layer of residual rock that has not experienced erosion

Back 19

bedrock

Front 20

three types of rocks

Back 20

igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic

Front 21

rock formed by solidification of molten magma

Back 21

igneous

Front 22

molten material in earths interior

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magma

Front 23

rocks formed from the welding together of tiny pieces of volcanic rock

Back 23

pyroclastic

Front 24

two types of igneous rock

Back 24

plutonic rocks that cool and solidify beneath earths surface.
volcanic molten rock ejected onto earths surface

Front 25

rock composed of small particles of rock debris or organic material deposited by water

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sedimentary

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sedimentary is formed by

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wind and pressure

Front 27

three types of sedimentary rocks

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clastic, chemical, organic

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rock that was originally something else

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metamorphic

Front 29

two types of metamorphci

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contact- when magma comes into contact with surrouding rock
regional large volumes of rock are subject to heat and pressure

Front 30

dominates on the surface of earth

Back 30

sedimentary

Front 31

Responsible for generating earths

Back 31

magnetic field

Front 32

the supposedly solid, dense innermost portion of earth

Back 32

inner core

Front 33

theory that proposes that the present continents were originally connected

Back 33

continental drift

Front 34

a coherent theory of massive crustal rearrangement based on the movement of continent sized lithosphere

Back 34

plate tectonics

Front 35

a naturally formed inorganic solid substance that has an unvarying chemical composition

Back 35

mineral

Front 36

any mineral must be

Back 36

solid, naturally occuring, inorganic, possess a specific chemical composition, and contain atoms arranged in a regular pattern

Front 37

solid material composed of aggregate mineral particles

Back 37

rock

Front 38

surface exposure of bedrock

Back 38

outertop

Front 39

buried layer of residual rock that has not experienced erosion

Back 39

bedrock

Front 40

three types of rocks

Back 40

igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic

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maintenance of the hydrostatic equilibrium

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isostasy

Front 42

continental crust material

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sial

Front 43

oceanic crust material

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sima

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sima is

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more dense

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nature arrangement and orientation

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structure

Front 46

the actions that have combined to produce landfomr

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process

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fundamental aspect of shape for any landform

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slope

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movement of water

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drainage

Front 49

the surface configuration of earth

Back 49

topography

Front 50

an individual topographic feature

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landform

Front 51

the study of the characteristics and development of landform

Back 51

geomorphology

Front 52

the difference in elevation between highest and lowest points

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relief

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processes operatin at the base of the atmosphere

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external processes

Front 54

the concept that processes now in operation have operated the same way in the past and should operate the same way in the future

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uniformitaranism