Chapter 1 Vocab

3. Is a rock that usually is a light color and has coarse grains
5. Living organisms
8. Forces that construct or build up
10. A group of parts that work together as a whole
17. The relatively small thin envelope of gases that forms Earth's outermost layer
18. Heat transfer between materials that are touching
20. A layer of hot rock
21. Forces that destroy and wear away land masses through processes like erosion and weathering
23. A measure of how much mass is in a given volume of a substance

1. A dense ball of solid metal in the middle of the Earth
2. Contains all of Earth's Water
4. When earthquakes occur they produce these waves
6. Heat transfer by the movement of fluid
7. The flow that transfers heat within a fluid
9. The ability to do work
11. A dark, fine grained rock
12. Results from a force pressing on an area
13. Has three main parts: a metal core, a solid middle layer, and an outer rocky layer
14. The layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer skin
15. Uppermost mantle and the crust
16. The part of the mantle that is not the lithosphere
19. A layer of molten metal surrounding the inner core
22. The transfer of energy that is carried in carried in rays like light