Core - ANSWERSInnermost zone of earths interior composed mostly of prayer and nickel it includes a liquid outer layer and a solid inner layer
Mantle - ANSWERSLayer of earth above the court containing magma
Magma - ANSWERSMolten rock
Asthenosphere - ANSWERSLayer of earth located in the oute...
Unit 4 environmental science Questions
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Core - ANSWERSInnermost zone of earths interior composed mostly of prayer and
nickel it includes a liquid outer layer and a solid inner layer
Mantle - ANSWERSLayer of earth above the court containing magma
Magma - ANSWERSMolten rock
Asthenosphere - ANSWERSLayer of earth located in the outer part of the mantle
composed of semi-molten rock
Lithosphere - ANSWERSOutermost layer of earth including the mantle and crust
Cruat - ANSWERSIn geology the chemically to stink outermost layer of the lithosphere
Hot spot - ANSWERSIn geology a place where molten material from Earth's mantle
reaches the lithosphere
Plate tectonics - ANSWERSTheory that the lithosphere of earth is divided into plates
most of which are in constant motion
Tectonic cycle - ANSWERSSome of the processes that build up and breakdown the list
of the lithosphere
Subduction - ANSWERSProcesses of one crustal plate passing under another
Volcano - ANSWERSVent in the surface of Earth that emits ash gases and molten lava
Divergent plate boundary - ANSWERSArea bennys the ocean where tectonic plates
move away from each other
Seafloor spreading - ANSWERSFormation of new Ocean crest as a result of magma
pushing upward and outward from earths mantle to the surface
Convergent plate boundary - ANSWERSArea where plates move toward one another
and collide
Transform fault boundary - ANSWERSArea where tectonic plates move sideways past
each other
Fault - ANSWERSFracture in rock caused by the movement of earths crust
, Seismic activity - ANSWERSFrequency and intensity of earthquakes experienced over
time
Fault zone - ANSWERSlarge expanse of rock wear a fault has occurred
Earthquake - ANSWERSSudden movement of earths crust caused by a release of
potential energy along a geologic fault and usually causing a vibration or trembling at
earth surface
Epicenter - ANSWERSExact point on the surface of Earth directly above the location
where rock ruptures during earthquakes
Richter scale - ANSWERSScale that measures the largest ground movement that
occurs during an earthquake
Rock cycle - ANSWERSGeogical cycle governing the constant formation alteration and
distraction of rock material that results from tectonics weathering and erosion among
other processes
Igneous rock - ANSWERSRock form directly from magma
Instructive igneous rock - ANSWERSIgneous Rock that forms when magma rises up in
Cools in a place underground
Extrusive igneous rock - ANSWERSRock that forms when magma cools above the
surface of Earth
Fracture - ANSWERSIn geology a crack that occurs in rock as it cools
Sedimentary rock - ANSWERSRock that forms when sediments such as mods sand or
gravel's are compressed by overlying sediments
Metamorphic rock - ANSWERSRock that forms when sedimentary rock ingenuous rock
and other metamorphic rock is subjected to high temperature and pressure
Physical weathering - ANSWERSMechanical breakdown of rocks and minerals
Chemical weathering - ANSWERSBreakdown of rocks and minerals by chemical
reactions, the dissolving of chemical elements from rocks, or both
Acid precipitation - ANSWERSPrecipitation high in sulfuric acid and nitric acid from
reactions between water vapor and sulfur and nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere aka
acid rain
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