Hydrosphere
What does the prefix hydro mean
Hydro means water
What does the prefix geo mean
Geo means earth, land or soil
What does the prefix atmo mean?
The prefix atmo means vapor, steam, or air
What does the prefix bio mean
Life
How do fossils connect with the biosphere
Fossils were once something living
What are 3 landforms that carry water
Oceans, lakes, waterfalls etc
What are the four layers of the Geosphere
Crust, mantle, outer core and inner core
What force keeps the atmosphere from floating away into space
Gravity
What is an example of a biome
Tundra, dessert, rainforest etc
What do clouds hold
CLouds may hold water, small dust particles and micro organisms.
What are the three different forms water can be
Gas/vapor,solid,liquid
What are the 4 layers of the Geosphere
Crust, mantle, Outer core and the Inner core
Which layer of the atmosphere burns up most meteors
The mesosphere
Name three things that are in the biosphere
Life, grass, trees etc
What is a natural disaster that interacts with 2 spheres
Thunderstorms, hurricanes, volcanoes etc
Where is most of The Earth's freshwater located
Glaciers and ice caps
What are the types of plate boundaries
Divergent, Transform and Convergent.
What is the outermost layer of the atmosphere?
Answer: The exosphere
What is a biome
A large are that is different based off of it's climate, plants or animals.
What does the ozone layer do
The ozone layer protects all life by absorbing the majority of the sun's harmful ultraviolet UV radiation
What percent of Earth's surface is covered by water
About 71 percent of Earth's surface
What is the difference between the crust and the mantle?
The crust is the thin outermost rocky layer while the mantle is a thick layer of hot, solid, and partially molten rock beneath it.
What layer of the atmosphere does the weather occur in
The troposphere
What does the biosphere include list at least 5 examples
plants, animals, bacteria, ecosystems,life etc