Test 1 Flashcards
(13 cards)
Process of solid to gas;
sublimation
What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
Nitrogen
The greatest number of thunderstorms occur in the…
tropics
Why do temperatures in the stratosphere increase upward?
absorption of solar energy
The two sources of energy for the Earth system;
sun, & Earth’s interior
The form of oxygen that combines three oxygen atoms;
ozone
A parallel alignment of different mineral bands in a metamorphic rock.
foliation
Most abundant element in the Earth’s crust by weight?
oxygen
88% of geologic time is represented by the ____ time span.
Paleozoic
What is the age of the Earth accepted by most scientists today?
4.5 million years
Minerals with the same chemical composition but different crystalline structures.
polymorphs
(sphere of earth)
includes all of the water on the planet
hydrosphere
(sphere of earth)
Which includes human activities such as agriculture…
technosphere
