Earth's Systems Vocabulary Quiz

All the water in, on, and around the planet Earth. This water can be in any state of matter, including solid, liquid, and gas.

• geosphere

• biosphere

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

Naturally occurring physical phenomena caused either by rapid or slow onset of events.

• dormant

• natural hazard

• magma

• lava

A mountain that opens downward to a pool of molten rock below the surface of the earth. When pressure builds up, eruptions occur.

• landslide

• volcano

• tsunami

• tornado

A large ocean wave usually caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic explosion.

• tsunami

• fire

• tornado

• magma

Molten, or hot liquefied, rock located deep below the Earth's surface.

• lava

• magma

• active

• dormant

The process where rock is dissolved, worn away or broken down into smaller pieces.

• magma

• erosion

• weathering

• glacier

A process where natural forces like water, wind, ice, and gravity wear away rocks and soil. It is part of the rock cycle.

• erosion

• landform

• glacier

• lava

Overtime movements of the Earth and environment can break apart rock formations, causing physical weathering.

• mechanical weathering

• chemical wethering

• landform

• lava

When chemical reactions make changes to rocks.

• landform

• mechanical weathering

• chemical weathering

• glacier

A natural feature of the surface of Earth.

• landform

• lava

• magma

• rock cycle