Lesson 1
all water on Earth
What is the hydrosphere?
the series of processes that transport and continually change rocks into different forms
What is the rock cycle?
all living things on Earth
What is the biosphere?
the continuos movement of water through Earth's spheres
What is the water cycle?
the inner most layer of the geosphere
What is the inner core?
2 most plentiful gases in the atmosphere
What are nitrogen and oxygen?
moisture that falls from clouds
What is precipitation?
solid part of Earth including soil, rocks, and metal
What is the geosphere?
the state of the atmosphere at a certain time and place
What is weather?
5 properties of minerals
What are color, streak, hardness, luster, and crystal shape?
naturally occuring solids composed of minerals and sometimes other materials such as organic matter
What are rocks?
compaction and cemementation form this type of rock
What is sedimentary rock?
mixture of gases that protect Earth
What is the atmosphere?
the process that moves large bodies of Earth materials to higher elevations
What is uplift?
most of Earth's freshwater is trapped in...
What are ice caps and glaciers?
the layer of the atmosphere where ozone is highly concentrated
What is the stratosphere?
when bits of sediment from weathering and erosion lose their energy and slow down or stop
What is deposition?
water that is stored in cracks and pores beneath Earth's surface
What is groundwater?
the process by which plants release water vapor through their leaves
What is transpiration?
this layer of Earth's atmosphere is closest to Earth's surface
What is the troposphere?
type of rock formed from extreme temperatures and pressure
What are metamorphic rocks?
this describes how a mountain affects the amount of precipitation in an area
What is the rain-shadow effect?
naturally occuring solids that have crystal structure definite chemical composition
What are minerals?
natural location where water is stored
What is a reservoir?
thermal energy is released during...
What is condensation?