Download Chapter 3 – The Dynamic Earth Study guide

Chapter 3 – The Dynamic Earth
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Parts of the Earth’s system: geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere
What are tectonic plates and how do they move?
What are earthquakes and seismic waves?
The three layers of the earth: location in relation to each other, density, crust,
mantle, core
The five layers of the Earth: location in relation to each other, which layer
contains the tectonic plates, lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core,
inner core
What happens at plate boundaries?
What causes earthquakes?
What is the Richter scale?
What is a volcano?
What is erosion and what causes erosion?
What gases make up most of the atmosphere?
What causes air pressure?
Where is the atmosphere densest?
Layers of the atmosphere in relation to each other.
Which layer of the atmosphere is the densest?
Which layer of the atmosphere does most of the weather occur in?
What is the ozone layer and where is it located?
What happens to temperature and pressure in the troposphere as altitude
increases?
How is energy is transferred throughout the atmosphere?
How much solar energy reaches the surface of the earth?
What is the greenhouse effect? What causes it? Why is it important?
Explain the water cycle.
What is the World Ocean?
Know the temperature zones of the ocean and their characteristics.
What drives ocean currents? Why ocean currents are important.
Where is most of the Earth’s fresh water located?
Groundwater, Aquifers and recharge zone.
What is the biosphere?
Earth is a closed system for matter but an open system for energy.