Spheres
All the gases on Earth
What is the atmosphere
The process of a liquid turning into a gas
What is evaporation?
Water that flows over land after precipitation falls on the ground
What is surface runoff?
How all 4 spheres interact in a tornado
Atmo - Generates violent rotating winds
Bio - Impacted by the damage from the tornado's path
Geo - Moves across it picking up debris
Hydro - Water vapor in the storm clouds that fuel the tornado
The average weather conditions in a specific area over a long period of time
What is climate?
All the living things on Earth
The process of a gas turning into a liquid
What is condensation?
Water that is stored underground in soil or sediment
What is groundwater?
How all 4 spheres interact in a wild fire
Atmo - Fire releases large amounts of smoke and greenhouse gases into the atmosphere
Bio - Impacted by the damage from the fire
Geo - Increases surface runoff, causing soil erosion
Hydro - Soil erosion impacts water quality poorly
The state of the atmosphere at any given time or place
What is weather?
All the land/ground/rocks/solid earth on Earth
What is the geosphere?
When liquid in the atmosphere gets so heavy that gravity pulls it back down to the Earth
What is precipitation?
An underground layer of rock or sediment that's saturated with water and allows water to pass through it slowly
What is an aquifer?
How all 4 spheres interact in a volcanic eruption
Atmo - Ash and gases enter the atmosphere
Bio - Impacted by the damage from the volcano
Geo - Occurs in the geosphere, lava flow
Hydro - Ash falls into bodies of water poorly impacting the water quality/Can causes glacier to melt rapidly
Large solid slabs of rock that make up Earth's crust and float on top of the mantle
What is tectonic plates?
All the water on Earth
What is the hydrosphere?
The heat from this celestial body drives the water cycle by providing heat
What is the sun?
Most of Earth's water exists as this
What is saltwarer?
On of the most common natural disasters in Missouri
What is flooding?
The process of natural forces such as water, wind, or ice wear away at the geosphere, changing the shape of the land
What is erosion?
Name an interaction between two spheres
Various answers
Explain how we are drinking water from millions of years ago
Various answers
The percentages of salt and fresh water on Earth
What is 97% salt water and 3% fresh water
The cause of Earthquakes
What is tectonic plates shifting?
Where all living things get their energy from
What is the sun?