Earth's Layers
What is the outermost layer of the Earth?
Crust
What is the process of water turning into vapor?
What is molten rock beneath the Earth's surface?
Magma
What sphere includes all water on Earth?
Hydrosphere
What is the most abundant gas in the earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen
What layer is between the crust and core?
Mantle
What happens when water vapor cools and forms clouds?
Condensation
What type of rock forms when magma cools?
Igneous rock
What sphere includes rocks, mountains, and the Earth's crust?
Geosphere
Magma that cools very quickly can form this type of rock
Obsidian
What is the hottest layer inside earth?
Inner Core
What is the process of water falling from clouds as rain or snow?
Precipitation
What is a type of volcanic rock that can float on water
Pumice
What sphere contains all living things?
Biosphere
What breaks down and recycles nutrients and other matter back into the geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere?
Decomposers
Name the two types of crust.
Continental and oceanic
What term describes how water soaks into the ground?
Infiltration
What is the term for rock being broken down by wind or water?
Weathering
What sphere includes Earth's air and weather?
Atmosphere
(2 words)
______________ ______________Water Cycle
What causes the mantle’s convection currents that move tectonic plates?
Heat from the Earth's core
Name the 5 steps of the water cycle. 100 points each
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, surface runoff, infiltration
What are fragments of volcanic rock and ash called?
Pyroclastic material
What 2 spheres are described in the following: The _________ provides rain and moisture for plants and animals in the _______________.
Hydrosphere / Biosphere
Name the 5 layers of the Atmosphere starting from Earth's surface and going out (100 points each in the correct order)
Troposhpere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Exosphere