Social studies 2

Less than 1% of freshwater is found in

Smallest planet

More than 2/3 of the scares freshwater is____ in glaciers

Larger at the equator (7,390 miles)

The atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere form the__,the part of earth that supports__for people, animals, and plants

____Are found where glaciers cut deep values in the earth

Dwarf planet

Outer layer hard rocky shell forming earth’s surface

Springwater and rainwater flow downhill in streams, cutting into land and wearing away the soil and rock

Zone of the earthquake and volcanic activity around the perimeter of the Pacific Ocean

5th largest planet

Small particles of dust, sand, and soil move

Largest planet

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

Includes liquid and frozen surface water, groundwater, and water vapor in and around oceans, lakes, rivers, and on earth

Large bodies of ice move across the land

The land or surface area on earth, including the continents, islands, ocean basins

Large masses of rack are physically broken down

Changes the chemical makeup

The regular movement of water from ocean to air to ground and back to ocean

Terrestrial planets

A thin layer of gases that surrounds earth

Center hot but solid

The process where magma wells up between oceanic plates the pushes the plates apart

Streams or rivers that flow into larger rivers

A crack or break I’m the earths crust (San Andreas fault California)

Lowest dry land point (1,312 ft below sea level)

Underwater extension of the coastal plan

Movement of weathered rock and material by wind, glacier, or moving water

Bend in layers of rock

Water located underground within the earth that supplies wells and springs

Gigantic supercontinent from millions of years ago

Liquid and hot

Small round bodies that orbit the sun

Process where ocean plates dive beneath Continental plates often causing mountains

Chemical or physical process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces

Thick layer of hot dense rock