Planet Earth Unit 1 Test

the accumulation of eroded rock material transported from another location

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Uplift
• Uniformitarianism

the removal of rock material by wind, water, ice, or gravity

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Uplift
• Uniformitarianism

the idea that any natural processes we can observe today happened in the same way in the past and will also happen in the same way in the future

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Uplift
• Uniformitarianism

the upward movement of large areas of Earth’s crust caused by forces deep beneath the surface

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Uplift
• Uniformitarianism

the physical or chemical breakdown of rock on Earth’s surface

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Uplift
• Uniformitarianism

Earth's thin, cool, and rigid outermost layer

• Crust
• Mantle
• Core
• Conduction
• Density

Earth's hot, middle rock layer, located between the crust and the core

• Mantle
• Crust
• Core
• Conduction
• Density

The transfer of energy as light through space or transparent objects

• Radiation
• Crust
• Mantle
• Core
• Conduction

Earth's hot, dense, innermost rock layer, located below the mantle

• Core
• Crust
• Mantle
• Conduction
• Density

A property of matter that is equal to the amount of mass in a certain volume of matter

• Density
• Crust
• Mantle
• Core
• Conduction