World Geography Lesson 2 Flashcards

Continents once joined as a supercontinent called "Pangaea" but they "drifted apart" over time

The movement of Earth's plates in various directions

Outer "rind" of rock

Made up of all the world's habitable environment

The layer of gas surrounding the Earth

The global ecological system including all the relationships played out among the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere

A sudden, violent shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates beneath Earth's surface

Large breaking waves created by undersea earthquakes

Movement of molten earth material from the Earth's mantle, usually released through volcanoes

Three compositions of Earth's interior