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Environmental Scienc
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Earth's thin outer layer is known as the? | Crust |
| In large volcanic eruptions, ash and gases can enter the atmosphere and reduce the amount of __ that reaches Earth's surface? | Sunlight |
| What is not a mechanism of energy transfer through or within Earth's atmosphere? | Condensation |
| What is producers of oxygen? | Plants |
| The transfer of energy through space is? | Radiation |
| What are wind and water erosion not likely to affect? | Tides |
| The removal and and transport of surface material by water and wind is known as? | Erosion |
| Where is the ozone layer located? | Stratosphere |
| The Richter scale is used by scientists to measure the amount of energy released by a? | Earthquake |
| Small streams and rivers that flow into larger ones are called? | Tributataries |
| Deep currents flow along the __? | Ocean Floor |
| Ozone is a molecule made up of what? | Three oxygen atoms |
| How did the Himalaya Mountains form? | Colliding techtonic plates |
| A fault is a break in the Earth's __? | Crust |
| Volcanoes occur at tectonic plate boundaries that are __? | Colliding and Seperating from one another |