Chapter 2 Vocab Review

the watery areas of the Earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water

• biosphere

• lithosphere

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

uppermost layer of the Earth that includes the crust, continents, and ocean basins

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• lithosphere

the part of the Earth where life exists

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• lithosphere

• hydrosphere

a thin layer of gases that surrounds the Earth

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• lithosphere

part of a continent that extends out underneath the ocean

• continental shelf

• surface

• mantle

• core

the upper layer of land

• surface

• mantle

• fault

• moraine

innermost layer of the Earth made up of a super-hot but solid inner core and a super-hot liquid outer core

• mantle

• crust

• core

• surface

outer layer of the Earth, a hard rocky shell forming Earth's surface

• core

• surface

• mantle

• crust

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

• continental shelf

• continental drift

• plate tectonics

• subduction

the term scientists use to describe the activities that create many of Earth's physical features

• continental drift

• plate tectionics

• accretion

• subduction