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The Layer of the atmosphere above the troposphere, extending roughly 16 to 50 km (10-31 miles) above the surface of the Earth
a) Trophosphere
b) Mesophere
c) Thermosphere
d) Stratosphere

A convection cell in the atmosphere formed by air that rises at 60N and 60S and sinks at the poles, 90N and 90S
a) Hadley Cells
b) Polar Cells
c) Super Cells
d) Coriolis Effect

The heating effect of incresed pressure on air as it sinks toward the surface of Earth and decreases in volume
a) Adiabatic Heating
b) Adiabatic Cooling
c) Latent heat release
d) Thermohaline Cirulation

A convection current in the atmosphere that cycles between the equator and 30N and 30S
a) Polar Cells
b) Super Cells
c) Hadley Cells
d) Coriolis Effect

The cooling effect of reduced pressure on air as it rises higher in the atmosphere and expands
a) Adiabatic Heating
b) Adiabatic Cooling
c) Latent Heat Release
d) Thermohaline Circulation

Breakdown of rocks and minerals by chemical reactions ad dissolving of a rocks chemical elements. Alters newly exposed/primary minerals to make secondary minerals
a) Physical Weathering
b) Eposition
c) Erosion
d) Chemical Weathering

Rock material underlying a soil
a) Parent Material
b) Base Saturation
c) Crustal Abundance
d) Ores

Other rick types subjected to high temps and pressure causing physical and chemicals changes. Pressure creates distorted bands called foliation
a) Igneous Rocks
b) Sedimentary Rocks
c) Metamorphic Rocks
d) Mineralsq

Lie underneath ocean. Dense and rich in iron
a) Tectonic Cycle
b) Continental Plates
c) Transform Plate Boundaries
d) Oceanic Plates

Plates move towards one another. Continental + Continental = Mountains. Oceanic goes under land, forms mountains and volcanoes. Oceanic goes under other oceanic
a) Subduction Zone Boundary
b) Convergent Plate Boundaries
c) Divergent Plate Boundaries
d) Transform Fault Boundaries

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