Earth Systems Miscellaneous
Biosphere
Geosphere
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
100
The number of interacting systems that make up our Earth.
What is 4
100
The meaning of the latin root "bio"
What is life
100
The meaning of the latin root "geo"
What is rock/ Earth
100
The meaning of the latin root "hydro"
What is water
100
The meaning of the latin root "atmo"
What is air
200
True or False: Earth's systems are important.
What is true
200
What is the term for large ecosystems that make up the biosphere?
What is biome
200
The three types of rock
What are: Metamorphic, Igneous, and Sedimentary
200
Water is found on Earth in what three states?
What are Solid, Liquid, or Gas
200
The amount of layers of the atmosphere
What is 5
300
True or False: Earth's systems rely on one another.
What is true
300
Terrestrial biomes, are biomes found on:
What is land?
300
The theory that Earth is made up of plates that are constantly moving
What is Plate Tectonics
300
The process by which water moves through the Earth and Atmosphere
What is the Water Cycle
300
This atmospheric layer protects us (Earth) from meteroids
What is the mesosphere
400
All of Earth's systems ___________, or work together.
What is interact
400
The two types of aquatic biomes are:
What are marine (salt water) and freshwater
400
The process by which rocks change into other types of rocks (metamorphic to igneous to sedimentary, etc) with heat and pressure
What is the rock cycle
400
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
400
A combination of three oxygen molecules due to the striking of lightning
What is Ozone
500
A group of parts/ things that interact and work together to perform a job or function.
What is a system
500
The three things that are used to categorize Biomes are?
What are: precipitation, temperature, and altitude
500
Earth is made up of layers, what are those layers?
What are the Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, and Inner Core
500
The term for storage places of water
What is a reservoir
500
The main gases (5) that make up our atmosphere:
What are Nitrogen (78%), Oxygen (21%), Ozone, Carbon Dioxide, and Water Vapor
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