World Geo. Ch.2 Vocabulary

__________ is any form of water that falls from the atmosphere, such as rain, snow, or sleet.

The process by which weathered rock and soil are moved from one place to another is called __________.

__________ is the process of removing salt from seawater to make it suitable for drinking or irrigation.

The rigid outer layer of Earth, made up of the crust and upper mantle, is known as the __________.

The process in which water changes from liquid to vapor is called __________.

F_________ occurs when Earth's crust cracks or shifts along a fault line.

A __________ occurs when rock layers bend due to compressional forces.

The layer of gases surrounding Earth is called the __________.

C_________ is the theory that Earth's continents have moved over geological time and were once joined together.

The thin, outermost layer of Earth where humans live is the __________.