The Metric System
Which metric prefix would you use to measure something large?
kilo
__________ is water that falls from clouds to Earth’s surface.
Precipitation
__________ is the layer of air or other gases around a planet.
The atmosphere
__________ is the process by which liquid, such as water, changes into a gas.
Evaporation
__________ is the distance north or south of the equator in degrees.
Latitude
The most common base units in the metric system are __________, __________ and __________.
meters, liters and grams
A/An __________ is an area of permeable rock or sediment that can hold lots of water.
The __________ is all the water on the Earth’s surface.
hydrosphere
__________ is the evaporation of earth’s water from plants, leaves and stems.
Transpiration
True or false: Sunlight is more concentrated at the poles than it is at the equator.
False
How many meters are in 2 kilometers?
2000
False
The __________ is the part of the Earth’s surface and atmosphere where there are living things.
biosphere
__________ consists of water droplets caused by warm water vapor or steam touches a cold surface like a window or a drinking glass.
Condensation
True or False: The specific heat of water is higher than the specific heat of sand.
True
How many centimeters are in a meter?
100
What causes water to roll downhill?
gravity
__________ is the Earth itself including all rocks, minerals, landforms of the surface and interior.
The geosphere
__________ is the process by which a liquid turns into a solid.
Crystallization
__________ is wind-driven current that carries ocean water horizontally across the ocean’s surface.
Surface Current
What base unit is most appropriate to measure length?
meter
What drives the water cycle?
the sun
Glaciers and clouds are part of the ______________.
hydrosphere
When water evaporates, the molecules __________.
speed up and spread out
__________ are steady winds that flow from west to east near the center of the globe.
Prevailing Westerlies