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Flashcards by spencer.steph08, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Outer layer of rock and soil (blue-green) | Crust |
| Layer of rock under heat and pressure | Mantle |
| Melted iron and nickel around solid core | core |
| Melted rock deep within the earth | Lava |
| Crack through with which magma escapes | Vent |
| where magma collects | Magma chamber |
| Melted rock that erupts from a volcanoe | Magma |
| Point where stress is released | Epicenter |
| Vibrations from the release of this stress | Focus |
| Place where shock waves first reach | Focus |
| Place where shock waves first reach | Shock waves |
| The study of the land water, plants, animals, people, and locations of a place | geography |
| One of the seven large land areas of the world | continent |
| A land region under the control of one government | country |
| natural outdoor habitat of a plant or animal | national environmemt |
| National place where a plant or animal lives | Habitat |
| Things such as buildings and roads that people build on the land | Human features |
| The weather of a place over a one period of time | Climate |
| The number you get when you add up numbers and then divide the sum by the total amount of numbers; a typical amount | average |
| Not excessive or extreme | temperate |
| A weather condition where the air is very moist and uncomfortable to people. | Humid |
| Water that falls to earth as rain or snow | Precipitation |
| A scientist who studies the history of the earth through rock and formation. | Geologist |
| The material (such as sand and rocks) left behind by water, wind, or a glacier | Sediment |
| To wear away the land by wind or water. | Erode |
| A large thick mass of ice built over a long period of time. | Glacier |
| A ridge of high ground between drainage areas. | divide |
| Animals or plants that no longer exist anywhere on the earth | Extinct |
| A place or land division that has certain common characteristics (landforms, weather, etc.) | Region |
| Soil left from a glacier a mixture of clay, sand, and gravel | Till |
| A place set apart to protect animals and plants | Preserve |
| Name the 3 layers of the earth | Crust Mantle Core |
| What do geologists do? | Study the earth |
| What is found in the crust besides rock? | Oil, gas, and coal |
| How thick is the mantle | 1,800 miles thick |
| Why don't geologists know more about the mantle and core? | Drills are not yet able to dig that far into the earth |
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