Chapter 2 Flashcards
Meat are the sun and nine other planets, as well as other celestial bodies orbiting the sun, known as?
The solar system
What is a landmass above water on earth?
Continent
What is the center of the earth, made up of iron and nickel, known as?
The core
What is the layer surrounding the core?
Mantle
What is magma?
Molten rock
What is the thin layer of rock at the earth’s surface?
Crust
What is the layer of gases surrounding the earth?
Atmosphere
What is the solid rock portion of the earth’s surface?
Lithosphere
What are the water elements on earth?
Hydrosphere
What is the part of the earth where plants and animals live?
Biosphere
What is continental drift?
The movement of continents
What is the continuous cycle of water between the atmosphere, the oceans, and the earth?
Hydrologic cycle
What is an area drained by a major river and it’s tributaries?
Drainage basin
What is water held in the pores of a rock?
Groundwater
What is the level at which the rock is saturated?
The water table
What are the naturally formed features on the surface of the earth?
Landforms
What is the earth’s surface from the edge of a continent to the deep part of the ocean known as?
Continental shelf
What is the difference in elevation of a land form from its lowest point to its highest point?
Relief
What is the combination of the surface shape and composition of the landforms and their distribution in a region?
Topography
What is an enormous piece of the earth’s lithosphere known as?
Tectonic plate
What is a fracture in the earth’s crust known as?
Fault
What’s it called when plates grind or slip past each other at a fault and cause the earth to shake or tremble?
Earthquake
What is a special device used to detect earthquakes?
Seismograph
What is the point directly above the focus on the earth’s surface?
Epicenter
