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| Non Revewable, Potentially Renewable, Perpetual |
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| anything we get from the environment that meets our needs or wants |
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| one substance contaminated by another |
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| sudden, destructive changes resulting from long-term geologic processes |
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| natural disasters waiting to happen |
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| atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, pedosphere, and lithosphere |
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| Earth's rocky outer shell |
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| "Earth's Skin" including soil |
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| -sphere where living creature inhabit |
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| -sphere where gases are found |
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| -sphere where water exists |
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| Most abundant gas on the planet |
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| measure of amount of energy released from natural disaster |
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| How frequently does this type of event occur in a particular region for natural disasters? |
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| determined by: probability of event occuring times consequences if it occurs |
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| naturally occurring, inorganic substance |
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| Most common mineral in lithosphere |
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| silicon-oxygen tetrahedron |
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| basic building block of a silicate |
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| combine with negatively charged oxygen ion (hematite) |
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| combinations of a metal with sulfur (pyrite) |
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| combinations of a metal with the CO3 ion (calcite) |
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| formed from molten or partly molten material below ground (intrusive) or above ground (extrusive) |
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| formed from fragments of preexisting rock or by biological or chemical action |
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| changed by heat, fluids and/or pressure within crust |
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| younger sediment sits on top of older |
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| a mineral with a fibrous structure |
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| Asbestos group including chrysolite -- most commonly used |
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| Asbestos group that is more toxic |
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| lithosphere splits up and move apart (rifting) |
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| lithosphere collides at active margins (subduction of oceanic crust) |
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| plates sideswipe each other |
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| an internally organized, natural body of weathered minerals and organic matter (humus) capable of supporting life |
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| Climate, Organic Activity, Relief, Parent Material, Time (CORPT) |
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transfer of electrons:
Fe + O2 = Fe oxide
makes soil red |
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H2CO3 + silicate minerals = clay minerals
Clay can't hold water well |
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| O-Humus, A-Topsoil, B-Subsoil, C-Bedrock, and beyond |
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| Overgrazing, Urbanization, poor farming, loss of ground water |
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