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Lecture 4: Ithosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere & Biosphere
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1Lecture 4: Ithosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere & Biosphere
LITHOSPHERE
The ____
includesthe Earth's
lithosphere
crust and theupper
part of the mantle.
All mountains, rocks,
soiland minerals
included inthe Earth's lithosphere.
crust are partof the
___
Even the ____ is partof
the lithosphere since
itis made up of seafloor
sedimentsof sand and
rock.
All the rocks, soil and
sand on Earth form lithosphere.
part of the
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LITHOSPHERE
STRUCTURE
Earth has an outer,
solidrock layer called crust
the
Everything that lives
onEarth is on top of crust.
the
Below that(crust) is a
layer ofthick, semi- mantle.
liquid rockcalled the
T OR F: The surface of
the lithosphere is very
uneven. There are
high mountain ranges,
TRUE
huge plains or flat
areas, and deep
valleys along the
ocean floor.
The lithosphere can continental
be classified as either lithosphere or the
the oceanic lithosphere.
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The Earth is the only
terrestrial planet with plate tectonics
active ____
Due to _____ the
Earth's crust basically
floats on the thick plate tectonics
liquid rock of the
mantle below.
The crust is split up
plates
into parts called ___.
The ___ interact as
they move about
causing earthquakes
plates
and creating
volcanoes and
mountain ranges.
The place where
plate boundaries.
plates meet are called
constructive,
There are three types
destructiveand
of plate boundary:
transform.
At a ___, two plates
move away from each
other, and hot magma constructive plate
(liquid rock) is pushed boundary
upwards through the
cracks.
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