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sphere
a global- shaped body
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| sphere? | a global- shaped body |
| theory? | a plausible general principle offered to explain |
| hydrosphere? | the watery area of the earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water |
| lithosphere? | uppermost layer of earth that includes the crust, continents, and ocean basins |
| atmosphere | a thin layer of gas that surrounds the earth |
| biosphere | the part of earth were life exists |
| continental shelf | shelf-part of a continent that expands out underneath the ocean |
| create | a bring into being or cause to exist |
| external | arising outside of |
| core? | innermost layer of earth made up of a super hot but solid inner core and super hot liquid outer core |
| mantle | thick middle layer of earth's interior structure consisting of hot rock that is dense but flexible |
| continental drift? | drift-theory that the continent were once joined and slowly drifted away. |
| plate? | term scientist use to describe the activates of continental drift and magma flow, which creates many of earths physical features |
| magma? | molten rock that located below earths surface |
| seduction? | process by which oceanic plate dive beneath continental plate's, often causing mountains to form on land |
| accretion? | slow process in which an oceanic plate slides under a continent plate, creating debris that can cause continents to grow |
| spreading? | process by which magma wells up to between oceanic's plates and push them apart |
| fold? | a bend in layers rock, sometimes caused by plates movement |
| fault? | a crack or break in earths crust |
| faulting? | process by cracking that occurs when folding land cant be bent any further |
| weathering? | chemical or physical processes that break down rock into smaller pieces |
| erosion | the movement of weathered rock and material by wind, glaciers, and moving water. |
| glacier? | a large body of ice that moves across surface of earth |
| moraine | piles of rock debris left by melting glaciers |
| crust | outer layer of earth, a hard rocky shell forming earths surface |
| constant | unchanging |
| enormous | gigantic; exceedingly large |
| water cycle | regular movement of earths water from ocean to air to ground and back to ocean |
| evaporation? | the process of converting liquid into vapor or gas |
| condensation? | the process of excess water vapor changing into liquid water when warm are cool |
| precipitation? | moisture that falls to earth as rain, sleet, snow, or hail |
| desalination? | removal of salt from sea water to make it usable to drinking and farming |
| ground water ? | water located underground within earth that supplies well and springs |
| aquifer | underground water- bearing layers of porous rock, sand or gravel |
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