hydrosphere
geosphere
biosphere
atmosphere
Miss Merrithew
100

What is the hydrosphere made up of?

All the water on Earth - lakes, oceans, rivers, groundwater, and glaciers.

100

What is the geosphere made up of?

All the solid parts of Earth (rocks, soil, mountains, and landforms)

100

What does the biosphere include?

All living things

100

What do we breathe in from the atmosphere to stay alive?

Oxygen

100

What is her favourite subject to paint

Clouds or flowers

200

Name one way humans affect the hydrosphere.

Many answers work - Pollution, water usage, oil spills, dam building, etc

200

What causes earthquakes?

The movement of tectonic plates

200

What is the "food" that plants make for themselves during the process of photosynthesis?

glucose

200

Name one way humans can negatively affect the atmosphere.

Many answers work - Burning fossil fuels, causing air pollution or climate change

200

What kind of dog does she have?

German Shepard 

300

What is the process called when water turns into vapor?

Evaporation

300

What type of rock forms by heat and pressure over time which creates lines in the rock?

Metamorphic 

300

Which organelle is responsible for the process of photosynthesis in the plant cell?

Chloroplast

300

What is the name of the gas that plants take in from the atmosphere?

Carbon dioxide (Co2)

300

What is her favourite thing to drink?

COFFEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

400

What state is a cloud? (solid, liquid, gas)

liquid

400

The earth's crust is sitting on top of the _______, which is magma that is circulating due to __________ currents. 

Mantle, convection. 

400

Which part of the plant cell is the "brain" and stores DNA (genetics)? 

Nucleus 

400

How does the water cycle connect the hydrosphere with the atmosphere?

Water evaporates into the air and later falls as precipitation.

400

What is her favourite tv show?

Trick question she hates TV

500

Explain how the water in a bag experiment showed evaporation, condensation and precipitation. 

The water in the bag evaporated with heat, condensed on the cooler plastic and looked foggy (cloud), and dripped down like rain to show precipitation when we tapped on it

500

When hot lava hits water and cools down it makes this type of rock

Igneous 

500

What is the chemical equation for photosynthesis?

carbon dioxide + water + sunlight → glucose (sugar) + oxygen 

500

What part of the water cycle occurs in the atmosphere?

In the clouds as condensation

500

Where does she live?

Belleisle

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