Name: ______________________________________________________________Block: _____________ AP Environmental Science Chapter 8 Earth Systems Reading Guide – Vocabulary Core Epicenter Tailings Mantle Ring of Fire Open-pit mining Asthenosphere Richter scale Subsurface mining Lithosphere Minerals SMRCA law Rock cycle Mining spoils (tailings) Hot spots Igneous rocks Mountaintop removal Plate Tectonics Sedimentary rocks Mining Law of 1872 Oceanic Plates Metamorphic rocks Surface Mining Control and Continental Plats Physical weathering Reclamation Act of 1977 Seafloor spreading Chemical weathering Smelting Subduction Erosion Gangue Divergent boundary Deposition Convergent boundary Ores Spoil Banks Transform boundary Metals Area mining Fault zones Known reserves Contour strip mining Earthquake Strip mining Acid Mine Drainage Heap Leach Extraction Reading Outline Are Hybrid Electric Vehicles as Environmentally Friendly as We Think? List the environmental pros and cons of hybrid cars. 8.1 The availability of Earth’s resources was determined when the planet formed Fill in the chart below for the layers of the earth. Do your best given that several of the layers overlap. Layer State (solid, Made of Order (from liquid, etc) outside to inside) Asthenosphere Crust Inner core Lithosphere Mantle Outer Core
Name: ______________________________________________________________Block: _____________ AP Environmental Science Chapter 8 – Earth Systems Reading Guide Vocabulary Core Mantle Asthenosphere Lithosphere Hot spots Plate Tectonics Oceanic Plates Continental Plats Seafloor spreading Subduction Divergent boundary Convergent boundary Transform boundary Fault zones Earthquake Epicenter Ring of Fire Richter scale Minerals Rock cycle Igneous rocks Sedimentary rocks Metamorphic rocks Physical weathering Chemical weathering Erosion Deposition Ores Metals Known reserves Strip mining Tailings Open-pit mining Subsurface mining SMRCA law Mining spoils (tailings) Mountaintop removal Mining Law of 1872 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 Smelting Gangue Spoil Banks Area mining Contour strip mining Acid Mine Drainage Heap Leach Extraction Reading Outline Are Hybrid Electric Vehicles as Environmentally Friendly as We Think? List the environmental pros and cons of hybrid cars. 8.1 The availability of Earth’s resources was determined when the planet formed Fill in the chart below for the layers of the earth. Do your best given that several of the layers overlap. Layer State (solid, liquid, etc) Made of Order (from outside to inside) Asthenosphere Crust Inner core Lithosphere Mantle Outer Core