Earth's Spheres 1
Water on Earth is part of what sphere?
What is the hydrosphere
The meaning of the latin root "geo"
What is ground/ Earth
The process that occurs when water changes from a liquid to a gas by heat (ex: The sun heats up water from the ocean)
What is evaporation
The lake has trash floating around the shore because people did not take care of their trash properly. What two earth systems are interacting?
The number of interacting systems that make up our Earth.
What is 4
What is the term for a group of ecosystems with similar climates and communities?
What is biome
True or False:
Without the geosphere, there would be no other spheres.
What is true
The changes to water when it evaporates into the air, condenses into clouds, and then precipitates down to earth.
What is the water cycle
Wind blew over trees in my neighborhood. Which earth spheres are interacting?
What is the biosphere and atmosphere
True or False: Earth's systems rely on one another.
What is true
Which is not part of the biosphere?
plants, humans, bacteria, water
water
Air on Earth is part of what sphere?
What is the atmosphere
Water droplets fall from the atmosphere in the form of rain, sleet, snow or hail.
What is precipitation
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All of Earth's systems ___________, or work together.
What is interact
Life on Earth is part of what sphere?
What is the biosphere
The amount of layers of the atmosphere
What is 5
The cooling of water in the atmosphere changing gas to a liquid.
What is condensation
Draw a model demonstrating a different interaction between 2 of the spheres. Label the spheres in your model.
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A group of parts/ things that interact and work together to perform a job or function.
What is a system
Land on Earth is part of what sphere?
What is the geosphere
The passage of water vapor from a plant to the atmosphere
What is transpiration
Rainfall that is not absorbed by soil and travels to the ocean.
What is run-off
How is erosion an example of an interaction between two spheres? Be specific
Erosion involves land (geosphere) and rocks slowly wearing away or breaking away because of water (hydrosphere) and wind (atmosphere). This takes place over time.
Give an example of a time when more than two earth systems are interacting.
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