Earth Systems
Rock Cycle
Water Cycle
Random
Random
100
What earth system contains all living things
biosphere
100
What type of rocks are made of magma or lava that has cooled?
Igneous Rocks
100
What step of the water cycle includes: snow, rain, sleet, and hail?
Precipitation
100
What percent of all Earths water is salt water?
97%
100
What percent of the atmosphere is nitrogen
78%
200
What Earth System contains all the water on the planet?
Hydrosphere
200
What are all rocks made out of?
Minerals
200
What step of the water cycle includes cloud formation?
Condensation
200
What is a nickname for an ice berg?
bergy bits, growlers
200
Give an example of a reservoir
Lake, pond, river, ocean, sea
300
List two earth systems evolved in a flooding disaster
hydrosphere, geosphere, biosphere
300
How is a metamorphic rock made?
by extreme temperatures and pressure
300
What step of the water cycle involves plants
transpiration
300
What is luster?
how a mineral reflects light
300
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather is short term, climate is long term
400
What system contains all of the frozen water of the planet
Cryosphere
400
How are sedimentary rocks made
by layers of sediment being compacted over long periods of time
400
How is cellular respiration related to the water cycle
see student answers
400
True or False: all fresh water is accessible
False
400
Give an example of an interaction between the biosphere and hydrosphere
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500
Draw a picture to explain one connection between the atmosphere and biosphere
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500
True or False: there is a definite start and ending point to the rock cycle.
False
500
List all of the steps of the water cycle
condensation, precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, cellular respiration, ground water
500
Name the layers of the geosphere
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
500
What percent of all freshwater is surface water
1%
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