Module 5

4. A mixture of such minerals, rock fragments, volcanic glass, organic matter, or other natural materials.
5. place where all soil formation takes place as a result of the atmosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere coming together
7. The hot layer between the Earth’s crust and core made up of solid material.
9. A mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust
12. The average weather conditions of an area over time, usually about thirty years
14. Ability to transmit air and water through porous rock or sediments
15. boundary separating earths mantle and crust
16. The layer that is beneath the asthenosphere in the lower mantle
18. all the water on the earth’s surface
20. When rocks are moved to a new place due to erosion
21. Small, solid pieces of material from rocks or organisms; earth materials deposited by erosion.
23. A trembling and shaking of the earth's surface resulting from the sudden release of energy in the crust

1. Process by which sediments are removed by water, wind, ice, and gravity
2. broken pieces of earths lithosphere and outer solid shell
3. separates two tectonic plates
5. a hypothetical supercontinent
6. The solid part of the Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle
8. Melted rock beneath the earths surface
10. top layer of the earths surface
11. An instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes, such as force and duration
13. whole mass of air that surrounds the earth
17. The original parent rock from which smaller particles have been removed by weathering and erosion
19. Made of loose, weathered rock and organic material in which plants with roots can grow. The rock material is composed of sand, silt, and clay
22. farming method when you take sloping land and form it into a number of flat areas so the areas look like steps