Earth Spheres
Nature of Science
Layers of the Atmopshere
Energy Flow onEarth
Weather
100
The mixture of gasses that surrounds Earth
What is the Atmosphere
100
Which part of the scientific method is represented below?
"Based on the results of this experiment, water with sugar freezes at a faster rate than plain water."
What is the conclusion
100
This is the layer of atmosphere that we live in
What is the Troposphere
100
What type of energy transfer is happening when you touch a hot pan and burn your hand?
What is conduction
100
Weather maps show different types of fronts on a map using symbols. Draw the correct symbol for a cold front.
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200
If a large fire is burning in a forest, which two spheres are interacting?
What is the biosphere and the atmosphere
200
Which part of the scientific method is represented below?
"Sarah wants to know if a sunflower will grow more quickly outside or inside"
the purpose or question
200
This is the hottest layer of the atmosphere
What is them thermosphere
200
What type of heat transfer is happening when the sun is warming the Earth's surface?
What is radiation
200
What type of front is shown here?
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What is a Stationary Front
300
Where is most of earth's water found?
Cryosphere (glaciers, ice)
300
Which part of the scientific method is represented below?
"Record the amount of time it takes for each container of water to freeze."
collect/analyze data
300
This is the coldest layer of the atmosphere
What is the mesosphere
300
When ice is placed in your hand, how does heat "move"? (ex: from ice to hand or hand to ice)
What is from the warm hand to the cold ice
300
Every day, water evaporates from Earth’s surface. However, Earth is unlikely to ever run out of water. What process/cycle makes this a true statement?
What is the water cycle
400
Flooding moves soil and rock to new places.
This would be an interaction between which of Earth’s spheres?
hydrosphere and geosphere
400
A scientist hypothesizes that changing the temperature at which an alligator's egg is incubated will determine whether the alligator will be male or female.
The temperature the egg is incubated at would be the:
What is the IV- independent variable
400
Which layer of the Earth's atmosphere separates us from Space?
What is the exosphere
400
The transfer of energy in the form of heat can happen by convection in many of the layers of Earth’s atmosphere.
In which types of matter (solid, liquid, gas) can convection happen?
what is liquids and gasses only
400
Which wind belt is most responsible for the movement of weather systems across the United States?
What is the prevailing westerlies
500
Wind can carry seed to new places, so more plants can grow. This would be an example of an interaction between which two spheres on Earth?
what is the atmosphere and biosphere
500
In this test, what would be one of the constant variables?
Is plant growth affected by the color of light (red, blue, green, or yellow) in which it grows?
the type of plant, the amount of light the plant gets, the amount of water given to the plant
500
The Ozone layer protects us from the harmful rays of the sun. Which layer of the atmosphere is the ozone layer found?
what is the stratosphere
500
Conduction happens as energy flows from a warmer object to a cooler object. When will the flow of energy stop
What is when they both reach the same temperature (thermal equilibrium)
500
Many factors are used to determine the climate of an area. Choose the two MAIN factors that determine climate from the options below?
temperature, wind, air pressure, seasons, amount of sunlight, precipitation
What is average temperature and air pressure (air masses)