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  • What layer is beneath the crust?
    mantle
  • The __________ are located on tectonic plates?
    continents
  • Where is most of the geosphere located?
    the interior of the earth
  • The earth consists of what 4 things?
    Rocks, air, water, living things
  • What move along the top of the asenthosphere?
    tectonic plates
  • What type of tectonic plates come together to form mountains?
    convergent
  • The inner core is what?
    solid metal
  • What is the name of the major fault line in California?
    The San Andreas Fault
  • What major event can happed from underwater earthquakes or volcanoes?
    tsunami
  • The biosphere is all of the earth's what?
    life
  • what layer of the earth do we walk on?
    crust
  • What is the largest active zone for earthquakes and volcanic activity called?
    the ring of fire
  • What 4 things can cause weathering and erosion?
    wind, water, gravity, ice
  • The removal and transport of the earth materials is called?
    erosion
  • Large amounts of ash and smoke from volcanoes can do what?
    reduce the amount of sunlight that is able to reach the earth and change the temperature of the earth
  • What is special about the asthenosphere?
    it moves and flows
  • the atmosphere is all of the earth's
    air
  • The geosphere is all of the earth's what?
    land
  • Convergent plates comes together and form what?
    mountains
  • What layer is the center most part of the earth?
    inner core
  • Earthquakes happen when these plates slide side by side
    transform
  • What is erosion?
    The removal and transport of earth materials
  • The thin outermost layer of the earth is called what?
    crust
  • What scale is used to measure earthquakes?
    Richter scale
  • Name on way weathering and erosion can be dangerous?
    Any correct answer
  • Divergent plates spread apart and form what?
    volcanoes
  • The hydrosphere is all of the earth's what?
    water
  • Transform plates slide side by side and form what?
    earthquakes
  • What type of tectonic plates spread apart and form volcanoes?
    Divergent
  • Earthquakes that register __________ or higher on the Richter Scale are considered very bad
    7
  • What is the earth's thinnest most outer layer?
    lithosphere
  • What are the layers of the earth?
    Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
  • The outer core is made up of what?
    liquid metal
  • A break in the earths crust is called what?
    fault
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