Hydrosphere
What percentage of the earth's water is salt water?
97% of the earth's water is salt water.
What is the geosphere?
The geosphere is the earth system that contains all of Earth's rocky layers.
How many layers are there of the atmosphere?
There are five layers of the atmosphere.
What is an ecosystem?
An ecosystem is a community made up of living and non-living things that all interact and depend on one another to survive.
Which two earth systems are interacting when an earthquake causes a tsunami?
The two earth systems interacting when an earthquake causes a tsunami are the geosphere and the hydrosphere.
When water is heated and transforms in water vapor it is called...
Evaporation
Name the five layers of the earth.
The fiver layers of the earth are the inner core, outer core, lower mantle, upper mantle, and crust.
What are the layers of the atmosphere?
The layers of the atmosphere are the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere.
Organisms that make their own food and are at the bottom of the food chain are called...
producers
Clouds are an example of the atmosphere and the hydrosphere interacting.
Where is the majority of Earth's fresh water located?
The majority of Earth's fresh water is located in glaciers and ice caps.
What are the three main types of tectonic movement? (Hint: they are called boundaries)
The three main types of tectonic movement are convergent boundaries, divergent boundaries, and transform boundaries.
In which layer of the atmosphere do meteors burn up?
Meteors burn up in the mesosphere.
Where does the energy cycle begin?
The energy cycle begins with the sun.
Which earth systems interact within an ecosystem?
All four earth systems interact within an ecosystem.
The water cycle is also known as the...
hydrologic cycle
Which type of rock is formed by cooled magma?
Igneous rock is formed by cooled magma.
Which layer of the atmosphere touches space?
The exosphere touches space.
Most primary consumers are herbivores.
Which two earth systems interact to create the oxygen we need to breathe?
The biosphere and the atmosphere interact to create the oxygen we need to breathe.
What causes condensation?
Condensation is caused by water vapor cooling as it rises into the atmosphere and reforming into water droplets.
Which type of tectonic movement (boundary) creates mountains?
A convergent boundary creates mountains.
What happens to air pressure as altitude increases?
Air pressure decreases as altitude increases.
What is an example of a decomposer?
Examples of decomposers can include fungi, bacteria, some insects, and organisms such as worms.
What are the three main types of clouds?
The three main types of clouds are cumulus, stratus, and cirrus.