Chapter 2 Vocab

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

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Lithosphere

Uppermost Layer of the Earth that includes the crust, continents, and ocean basins

• Lithosphere
• Asthenosphere
• Mesosphere
• Troposphere

A thin layer of gases that surrounds the Earth

• Atmosphere
• Biosphere
• Lithosphere
• Hydrosphere

Part of the Earth where life exists

• Atmosphere
• Biosphere
• Hydrosphere
• Lithosphere

Part of a continent that extends out underneath the ocean

• Continental Shelf
• Oceanic Trench
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Abyssal Plain

Innermost layer of the Earth made up of super hot but solid inner core and super hot liquid outer core

• Mantle
• Crust
• Core
• Lithosphere

Thick middle layer of the Earths interior structure consisting of hot rock that is dense but flexible

• Inner Core
• Outer Core
• Mantle
• Crust

Outer layer of the Earth, a hard rocky shell forming Earths surface

• Mantle
• Inner Core
• Crust
• Outer Core

The theory that the continents were once conjoined then slowly drifted apart

• Plate Tectonics Theory
• Big Bang Theory
• Theory of Relativity
• Continental Drift

The term scientists use to describe the activities of continental drift and magma flow, which create many of the Earths features

• Plate Tectonics
• Global Warming
• Earthquake Activity
• Ocean Currents