Earth’s Layers
What are the three main layers of Earth?
What are the crust, mantle, and core?
Where does energy for the water cycle come from?
What is the sun?
What is feedback?
What is how a system responds to change?
What happens at a warm front?
What is warm air rises over cold air, often bringing light rain?
What are the 3 main types of rocks?
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic?
Which part of the Earth is the thinnest?
What is the crust?
What are the main steps of the water cycle?
What are evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection?
What is positive feedback?
What is a change that amplifies a change?
What happens at a cold front?
What is cold air pushes under warm air, bringing heavy rain or storms?
How do igneous rocks form?
What is from cooled magma or lava?
Which part is the densest?
What is the inner core?
What is transpiration?
What is water vapor released from plant leaves?
What is negative feedback?
What is a response that returns the system to normal? slows down
What is a jet stream?
What is a fast-moving band of air high in the atmosphere?
How do sedimentary rocks form?
What is from layers of sediments compacted and cemented together?
What is the mantle mostly made of?
What is solid rock that flows slowly?
What are the four Earth spheres?
What are the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and geosphere?
Give an example of positive feedback in Earth's systems.
What is melting ice reduces reflection, causing more warming?
What does “cT” air mass mean?
What is continental tropical—hot and dry?
Give one example of each rock type.
What is granite (igneous), sandstone (sedimentary), marble (metamorphic)?
What layer do we live on?
What is the crust?
How does the hydrosphere interact with the atmosphere?
What is evaporation (water to air) and precipitation (air to water)?
Give an example of negative feedback in Earth's systems.
What is sweating cools the body to maintain normal temperature?
What do air masses and fronts cause?
What is weather changes like rain, storms, or temperature shifts?
How can one rock change into another type?
What is through heat, pressure, melting, or erosion?