Earth's Spheres
The four types of Earth's Spheres
What is the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere?
the border between two plates
What are plate boundaries?
List the types of geography
What is hills, plains, mountains?
protected by the atmosphere, a layer of gases that surrounds the planet
two words that are used interchangeably to describe weather conditions that can cause harm to people and/or property.
What is extreme and severe?
The earth is surrounded by a blanket of air
What is the atmosphere?
round the Pacific Ocean is a string of volcanoes, deep ocean trenches, and high mountain ranges. As a result there is a lot of earthquakes and the ocean was given the nickname
What is Ring of Fire?
the day to day view of variables such as temperature, humidity, air pressure, wind, and precipitation.
What is weather?
an imaginary line that runs from the top of the earth to the bottom of the earth
What is Earth's axis?
issued when conditions are conducive for certain weather events to happen.
What is a storm watch?
protects the earth from the sun's radiation
What is the ozone?
___ major plates, names after the landmasses they are near
What is 7?
the average temperature and weather patterns over an extended period of time.
What is climate?
In the Ocean there are
What is mountains, continental shelves, hills, plains, and deep ocean trenches?
lets you know that the extreme weather event is in fact taking place and is approaching your area.
What is a storm warning?
the “life zone” of the Earth
What is the biosphere?
2 types of plate tectonics
What is minor and major?
far from the equator receive less sunlight and have colder climates.
What is latitude?
A huge, solid metal ball of iron and nickel at the center of the earth
What is the inner core?
Types of extreme weather
What is hail storm, hurricane, blizzard, dust storm?
the percentage of water on Earth
What is 97.5%?
3 types of plate boundaries
What is divergent, convergent and transform?
5 types of climates
What is polar, congenital, dry, temperate, and humid tropical?
The transfer of heat and material in the mantle helps to determine the
What is the landscape of the Earth?
Factors that Affect Extreme Weather
What is
Circulating air masses
Fronts - warm and cool air clashing
Jet Streams
Temperature (the sun)
Water (precipitation)
Pressure
Wind
Humidity
Clouds