Physical Geography Vocabulary

the process of excess water vapor changing into liquid water when warm air cools?

Approximately 3000 miles below Earths surface, 7200-8500 degrees F.

the removal of salt from seawater to make it usable for drinking and farming?

The part of the Earth where life exists?

term used to describe the activities of continental drift, creates many physical features

Chemical or physical processes that break down rocks into smaller groups?

uppermost areas of the earth, including the crust, continents, and ocean bodies.

moisture that falls to the Earth as rain, sleet, hail, or snow?

Approximately 0-45 miles below Earths surface, less than 1800 degrees F.

The water areas of the earth, oceans, lakes, rivers, other bodies of water?

a thin layer of gases that surrounds the earth?

Approximately 1860 miles below Earths surface, 1800-6300 degrees F.

the process of converting liquid into vapor, or gas?

Theory that continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart.

the movement of weathered rock and material by wind, glaciers, and moving water?