The Spheres
Vocabulary
Theory
Tectonic Plates
No notes challenge
100

Name the 4 spheres

Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere

100
  • Living things (humans, plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, algae, Sea anemone).
  • Dead organic matter (leaf litter, twigs, deadwood, animal feces, dead plankton, fish scales, fruit and vegetable scraps, and compost).

Biotic Factors

100

In the early 1900s, a meteorologist named __________ also thought about our unit essential question and suggested that the continents were once joined together, but moved over time to where they are today.

Alfred Wegener

100

What are the 4 types of Tectonic Plate movements are: _________,_________,_________,___________

Divergent, Collision, Subduction, Transform

100

How are oil and gases formed?


_______>>________>>_________>>___________

Tiny dead organisms>>Tectonic plates moved, subducted, collided>>Plates create a pressure cooker>>Oil & gas

200

________is the part of Earth where all living things exist.

Biosphere

200

The weather conditions that exist in an area in general or over a long period.

Climate

200

At first, many ________ did not believe Wegener.

Scientists

200

Plates moving apart are ________ type of tectonic plate interaction?

Divergent

200

Why is oil and gas considered non-renewable resources?

Oil and gas considered non-renewable resources because humans are removing oil & natural gas from earth at a very fast rate - too fast for earth to replenish.

300

__________is the Earth's protective layer of air, it's made of ______ like nitrogen and oxygen, plus water vapor.

Atmosphere, gases

300
  • Non-living parts (water, air, rocks, sunlight)
  • Physical conditions (temperature, humidity)

Abiotic Factors

300

The Supercontinent _______ was a giant landmass that existed about 250 million years ago. It was made up of all the _______ joined together as one.

Pangea, Continents

300

Plates crashing together to create a mountain are ________ type of convergent tectonic plate interaction?

Collision

300

We need __________ to:

  • Produce food and water
  • Build homes and roads
  • Make energy for lights, cars, and devices

Natural resources

400

_________is  the part of Earth that is made of all the water on the planet. Some examples are _______, ________, _________

Hydrosphere. Oceans, lakes, rivers

400

A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment.

Ecosystem

400

Name a few events that causes tectonic plates to move when hot mantle rocks rise from the core.

Earthquakes & volcanoes

400

Plates crashing together where one plate dives under the other are ________ type of convergent tectonic plate interaction?

Subduction

400

Collision and Subduction are a type of _________ plate interaction

Convergent

500

_________ is the ______part of Earth, from the ground beneath our feet to the very center of the planet.

Geosphere, Solid

500

A large area on Earth where the climate is the same, and where similar types of plants and animals live together.

Biome

500

What's the name of the Earth's outer layer

The crust

500

Plates sliding past each other are ________ type of tectonic plate interaction?

Transform

500

The end of the first marking period is on _____________

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