earth science chapter 4

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what is one way we can exercise dominion on gods specially created earth

geology
what is uniformitarianism

the earth that the earth is a natural process and everything is the same as it was.
what is the belief in the earth being billions of years old

deep-time-view
what was the idea of the earth being split up into different plates

the plate tectonics theory
what are the vibration from the ground caused by earthquakes?

seismic waves
what is the earths outer layer

it is the crust
what is the boundary between the crust and the mantle?

it is called the Mohorovicic discontinuity aka the moho
what is below the moho?

the upper mantle
what is the combination of the crust and the mantle called

the lithosphere
what is below the lithosphere?

the asthenosphere
what is below the asthenosphere?

the lower mantle
how much of the earths volume does the core take up?

it takes up 15% of the earths volume.
what is a natural resource

any raw material that we use from our environment is a natural resource
what is a renewable resource?

it is an unlimited supply of resources
what is a non-biological resource?

it is a resource that is not living, it is either water, minerals, sunlight, and ores.
what is a biological resource?

it is a living resource such as animals trees plants etc.
what is a non-renewable resource

it is a resource that cannot be recycled or renewed
what is resource management?

It is managing resources to make them last.
what is sustainable-yield

it is using resources at a rate to restore them quickly
how do we replenish resources?

by recycling them

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