Dynamic Earth

3. the process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another
7. The balancing of the downward force of the crust due to gravity and the upward force of the asthenosphere due to buoyancy
8. a naturally-occurring and usually inorganic solid. It has a definite chemical composition and an orderly internal structure
13. the cycle of nitrogen through the atmosphere
14. the outermost layer of earth
15. a vibration that travels through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
16. fragments of organic or inorganic material that are transported and deposited by wind, water, or ice and that accumulate in layers on Earth's surface
19. part of the Earth system that includes all Earth’s water, whether it is on the surface, underground, or in the atmosphere.
20. the part of the Earth system that includes all of the gases in a layer that surrounds Earth

1. a piece of the lithosphere that moves around on top of the asthenosphere
2. smaller dissolving and removing some chemicals within the rock. Fragments of weathered rock
4. also known as the hydrologic cycle
5. magma that reaches Earth's surface
6. the layer of the atmosphere that contains most living things
9. area on the ocean floor where mountains form when tectonic plates pull apart
10. The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations
11. the part of the Earth system that includes all of the rocks, minerals, and landforms on Earth’s surface and all the matter in Earth’s interior
12. the point along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs
17. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
18. process by which rock materials are broken down by the action of physical and chemical processes