Layers of the earth
The Layer We Live On
What Is the crust
What is Tundra
what is the source
This sphere includes all of the air surrounding our planet, providing the oxygen we breathe.
Answer: What is the Atmosphere?
Often the very first step, this involves using your senses to gather information about the world around you.
Answer: What is an Observation?
what are all the layers
what is the thin, solid outer crust, the thick, rocky mantle, the liquid outer core, and the solid inner core
This biome, also known as the Taiga, is the largest land biome and is dominated by cone-bearing evergreen trees.
Answer: What is the Boreal Forest?
this is the specific point where a river finally empties into a larger body of water, such as an ocean, sea, or lake.
Answer: What is the mouth?
From the Greek word for "life," this sphere contains every living organism on Earth, from the smallest bacteria to blue whales.
Answer: What is the Biosphere?
This is a testable, "educated guess" written as an "If... then..." statement to predict the outcome of an experiment.
hypothisis
This type of crust is thinner, denser, and makes up the ocean floor
What is Oceanic Crust?
This is the defining feature of all deserts, meaning they receive less than 10 inches of rain per year.
Answer: What is low precipitation
This term describes a smaller stream or river that flows into a larger main river, adding to its total water volume.
Answer: What is a tributary?
This sphere is composed of all the Earth’s water, including oceans, rivers, and even the water vapor in the air.
Answer: What is the Hydrosphere?
This is the part of the process where a scientist follows a procedure to test whether their hypothesis is correct.
Answer: What is the Experiment?
This type of crust is thicker and makes up the continents
What is Continental Crust?
In a Tropical Rainforest, this thick layer of foliage acts like an "umbrella," catching most of the sunlight and rain.
Answer: What is the canopy?
Often found at the end of a river, this fan-shaped landform is created by the buildup of sand and silt as the water slows down.
Answer: What is a delta?
his is the largest of the four major spheres and includes the Earth’s solid rocks, soil, and the different layers of its interior.
Answer: What is the Geosphere (or Lithosphere)?
During an experiment, this is the specific factor or condition that the scientist intentionally changes or manipulates.
Answer: What is the Independent Variable?
Because it is so thin compared to other layers, it is often compared to this part of an apple.
What is the skin
what is the rockiest biome
what is the alpine tundra
This is the name for a U-shaped body of water that forms when a wide curve in a river is cut off from the main channel.
Answer: What is an oxbow lake
When a volcano erupts, it is a direct interaction between these two specific spheres as gas and ash enter the air.
Geosphere and the Atmosphere?
This final step involves looking at the data collected and deciding whether it supports or rejects the original hypothesis.
Answer: What is drawing a Conclusion?