Earth Systems Miscellaneous
The number of interacting systems that make up our Earth.
4
The meaning of the latin root "bio"
Life
The meaning of the latin root "geo"
ground
The meaning of the latin root "hydro"
water
The meaning of the latin root "atmo"
air
True or False: Earth's systems are important.
True
What is the term for a group of ecosystems with similar climates and communities?
Biome
The three types of rock
Metamorphic, Igneous, and Sedimentary
Water is found on Earth in what three states?
Solid, Liquid, or Gas
The amount of layers of the atmosphere
5
True or False: Earth's systems rely on one another.
True
Which is not part of the biosphere?
plants, humans, bacteria, water
Water
Scientists refer the the material that plants grown in as _____________.
soil
The process by which water moves through the Earth and Atmosphere
Water Cycle?
This atmospheric layer protects us (Earth) from meteroids
mesosphere
All of Earth's systems ___________, or work together.
Interact
How does energy flow through an ecosystem? Think energy-matter cycle.
Sun's energy, producers, consumers decomposers
The process by which rocks change into other types of rocks (metamorphic to igneous to sedimentary, etc)
rock cycle
The process that occurs when water changes from a liquid to a gas by heat (ex: The sun heats up water from the ocean)
evaporation
Which layer has the greatest air pressure?
troposphere?
A group of parts/ things that interact and work together to perform a job or function.
System
How do nutrients get in the soil?
Decomposers recycle materials in an ecosystem which releases nutrients and organic matter for other organisms to use
Earth is made up of layers, what are those layers?
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, and Inner Core
The term for stored water underground?
aquifer
The main gases (5) that make up our atmosphere:
Nitrogen (78%), Oxygen (21%), Ozone, Carbon Dioxide, and Water Vapor