Earth Processes

The process of breaking up Earth's surface into sediment is called...

• sediment
• erosion
• weathering
• deposition 

Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere and consist of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle

• tectonic plates

• North American Plate

• Eurasian Plate

• African Plate

the place where two different plates have contact.

• Pacific Plate

• Mountains

• Earthquakes

• Plate Boundaries

Occurs when two tectonic plates move toward each other and collide

• convergent boundary

• subduction

• volcanic eruptions

• divergent boundary

Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Volcanic eruptions

• Mountain building

Occurs when two tectonic plates slide past each other

• Transform Boundary

• Ocean Basin

• Divergent Boundary

• Spreading ridges

Major geological events that occur when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy; frequent occurrences along all types of plate boundaries

• Volcano

• Earthquakes

• Tsunami

• Tornado

What is the biosphere?

• all the air and gases on the planet

• made up of living things

• the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

• the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

What is the geosphere?

• all the air and gases on the planet

• all the frozen water on the Earth

• the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

• the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

What is the hydrosphere?

• all the air and gases on the planet

• made up of living things

• the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

• the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth