Earth's Systems
This sphere is the protective "jacket" of gases which surround the Earth
What is the atmosphere?
This star that is the closest to Earth is just a ball of hot, glowing gases
What is the sun?
patterns of stars that are named for animals, people, or objects
What are constellations?
This is how long Earth's rotation takes?
What is 24 hours?
This type of resource takes millions or billions of years to rejuvenate or recreate
What is a Nonrenewable Resource?
This sphere encompasses all LIVING things on Earth.
What is the biosphere?
a planet's path around the sun
What is orbit?
A repeating occurence or arrangement
What is a pattern?
365 days
What is How long is Earth's REVOLUTION?
This type of resource can be replenished within a human lifespan
What is a renewable resource?
This sphere is composed of all the land, rocks, and soil which make up the Earth.
What is the geosphere?
To spin around
What is rotation?
This constellation is called "The Hunter"
Whatis Orion?
This number of days is how long the moon's rotation and revolution take
What is 29 days?
Coal, heavy metals, and fossil fuels
What are Nonrenewable resources?
This sphere contains all the water on Earth including liquid, solid, and vapor.
What is the hydrosphere?
to move around another object as the Earth does the sun
What is revolution?
Day and night, the seasons, and constellations are all examples of this
What are patterns?
93 million miles
What is the distance between the sun and the Earth?
timber, wind, solar energy
What are renewable resources?
This sphere is the closest layer of the atmosphere to Earth
What is the Troposphere?
When the Earth is directly between the sun and the moon
Why is a lunar eclipse?
This constellation is nicknamed "The Twins"
What is Gemini?
How much space an object occupies?
What is volume?
Because the sun will not burn out in our lifetime
Why is solar power a renewable resource?