Earth's Systems
100: Name the system that includes all living things.
Biosphere
100: Flat areas found at high elevation are called what?
Plateaus
100: The process of changing liquid water into gas is called what?
Evaporation
100: What word describes the state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place?
Weather
100: What is the name of Earth’s outermost solid layer?
Crust
200: What system covers all of Earth’s water?
Hydrosphere
200: A lowland area between higher sides is called what?
Valley
200: When water vapor cools and forms clouds, what process is happening?
Condensation
200: What word describes the average weather in an area over a long period?
Climate
200: What is the thick layer between Earth’s crust and core called?
Mantle
300: What is the layer of air that surrounds Earth called?
Atmosphere
300: A long, narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas is called what?
Isthmus
300: Precipitation can fall in which four forms?
Rain, snow, hail, or sleet
300: What factors mainly affect an area’s climate?
Latitude, elevation, and proximity to water
300: What do we call molten rock found below Earth’s surface?
Magma
400: What is the solid surface of Earth made of land and crust called?
Lithosphere
400: What is the underwater plain that borders a continent called?
Continental Shelf
400: The regular movement of water from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back again is called what?
The Water Cycle
400: When mountains block rainfall on one side and create a dry area on the other, what is this called?
Rain shadow
400: What are the enormous moving pieces of Earth’s lithosphere called?
Tectonic Plates
500: Which Earth system depends on the other three to survive?
Biosphere
500: What is the deepest point on Earth?
Mariana Trench
500: When human pollution mixes with rain, what harmful type of precipitation can it create?
Acid rain (or water pollution)
500: Why do different parts of Earth experience different seasons?
Because Earth is tilted on its axis as it orbits the Sun
500: What violent event can happen when plates grind or collide?
Earthquake, Tsunami, or Volcano