geography chapter 2

the water areas of earth including oceans lakes rivers and other bodies of water

• lithosphere

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

• atmosphere

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

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• lithosphere

a thin layer of gasses surrounding earth

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

• lithosphere

• atmosphere

chemicals in polluted water combine with water vapor.

• snow

• acid rain

• rain

• spicy rain

occurs when rock is changed into a new substance as a result of interaction

• chemical weathering

• mechanical weathering

• erosion

• deposition

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

• weathering

• precipitation

• chemical weathering

• erosion

the process of cracking that occurs when the folded land cannot be bend any further

• plate tectonics

• faulting

• folding

• loess

divergent,convergent,transform boundaries all create what?

• sea floor spreading

• volcano

• ridge

• forces of land mass creation

study of earths physical structure and history

• biosphere

• geography

• geology

• earth

huge moving sheets of ice formed over many years that move because of great weight and growing

• ice

• icebergs

• polar bears

• glaciers