Chapter 3 Vocab Ecology

The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move

• Asthenosphere

• atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Condensation

A mixture of gases that surrounds a planet or moon. Such as earth

• Biosphere

• atmosphere

• Condensation

• Convection

Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which life exists, including land, water, and the atmosphere.

• atmosphere

• Condensation

• Biosphere

• Conduction

The change of state from a gas to a liquid

• Conduction

• Convection

• Condensation

• atmosphere

The direct transfer of heat from one substance to another substance that it is touching.

• atmosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Conduction

• core

The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid

• Convection

• Conduction

• atmosphere

• Asthenosphere

Earth's innermost layer. The central part of the earth below the mantle

• crust

• Erosion

• core

• Freshwater

The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle

• Crust

• Erosion

• Evaporation

• Freshwater

Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away (i.e. weathering, glaciation)

• crust

• Erosion

• core

• Freshwater

The change of state from a liquid to a gas

• Freshwater

• core

• Evaporation

• crust