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earth's interior correct answers solid crust, semi-solid mantle, liquid core, solid core lithosphere correct answers the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle tectonic plates correct answers Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents. ocea...

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earth's interior correct answers solid crust, semi-solid mantle, liquid core, solid core

lithosphere correct answers the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle

tectonic plates correct answers Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents.

oceanic plate correct answers This is a tectonic plate that is a thinner, denser and heavier type

continental plate correct answers Thicker but lighter plate that makes up most continents

plate boundaries correct answers the edges of tectonic plates.

convergent correct answers a boundary where earth's tectonic plates move toward each other.
This causes a collision or subduction. This will result in the formation of volcanoes and
mountain ranges.

divergent correct answers plates move apart

transform correct answers Plates slide past each other

subduction correct answers a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced
sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate

focus correct answers The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and
causes an earthquake

epicenter correct answers the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an
earthquake

seismograph correct answers a measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity
and direction and duration of movements of the ground (as an earthquake)

richter scale correct answers a scale that rates an earthquake's magnitude based on the size of its
seismic waves

tsunami correct answers a huge destructive wave (especially one caused by an earthquake)

earth's tilt correct answers 23.5°, the reason we have seasons

albedo correct answers percent of solar radiation reflected by a surface, dark surfaces have low

atmospheric nitrogen correct answers 78%

, atmospheric oxygen correct answers 21%

atmospheric carbon dioxide correct answers 0.04%

troposphere correct answers first layer of atmosphere. Contains weather, greenhouse gases (bad
ozone).

stratosphere correct answers the layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer;
temperature increases as you go up

mesosphere correct answers the layer of the atmosphere between the stratosphere and the
thermosphere and in which temperature decreases as altitude increases

thermosphere correct answers the outermost shell of the atmosphere, between the mesosphere
and outer space, where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.

weather correct answers the meteorological conditions: temperature and wind and clouds and
precipitation

climate correct answers the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time

wind correct answers air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high
pressure to an area of low pressure

convection current correct answers the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in
temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another

dew point correct answers the temperature at which the water vapor in the air becomes saturated
and condensation begins

hadley cells correct answers convection current in the atmosphere that cycles between the
equator and 30° N and 30° S.

trade winds correct answers prevailing winds that blow from east to west from 30 degrees
latitude to the equator in both hemispheres

horse latitudes correct answers a relatively calm area located near both 30 degrees latitudes
where cool air sinks

doldrums correct answers calm, windless part of the ocean near the equator

jet stream correct answers a high-speed high-altitude airstream blowing from west to east near
the top of the troposphere

monsoons correct answers seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons

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