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Atmosphere and Climate
Layers of the Earth
Earth's Surface I
Water Cycle
100

Name one fossil type.

cast - trace - mold - petrified - preserved remains - carbon film

100

This layer of the atmosphere surrounds Earth and is where all weather happens.

What is the Troposphere.

100
This is the layer of the Earth we live on.
What is the crust?
100
The crust is made up of pieces called THIS.
What is tectonic plates?
100

This process happens when the Sun heats up water in oceans, lakes, or rivers and turns it into water vapor.

What is Evaporation

200

Name one disaster caused by tectonic activity?

volcanoes, tsunamis, earthquakes

200

This is what we call the amount of water vapor in the air.

What is humidity.

200
This is the layer of the Earth that does not move.
What is the inner core?
200
The Himalayas are caused by this.
What is the Indian plate subducting under the Asia plate.
200

What do we call solid crystals of water falling from the clouds?

What is snow.

300

How old is the Earth?

What is 4.5 - 4.6 billion years old

300

This type of cloud is fluffy and white and usually makes random shapes

  • What is a cumulus cloud?

300
This is where convection currents occur.
What is the mantle?
300
Volcanoes happen when two plates BLANK.
What is come together, subduct?
300

What state of matter is the water in clouds?

What is liquid.

400

At what line of latitude is the Tropical Wet Climate Type mostly found?

0o Latitude

400

What do we call the lines on a weather map that represent atmospheric pressure?

What are isobars.

400
This layer of the Earth causes the magnetic poles.
What is the outer core?
400
This type of plate is more dense and heavier: oceanic crust or continental crust.
What is oceanic crust?
400

This is the stage of the water cycle where water seeps through the cracks in the ground.

What is infiltration

500
Which is less dense- something floating on top of the water or something that sinks in water?
Floating
500

How do the isobars around a High Pressure System compare to those around a Low Pressure System>

Isobars are farther apart around a High Pressure System

500
These layers of the Earth are solid.
What is the Inner Core and the Crust?
500
This is where two plates are separating.
What is Atlantic ocean or Pacific Ocean? Divergent plate boundary
500

This is the main source of energy that drives the entire water cycle.

What is The Sun?

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