What on Earth?
All of the matter, energy, and processes in Earth's boundary are referred to as this.
What is the Earth System?
This sphere is the part of Earth that is liquid water.
What is the hydrosphere?
This sphere is mostly made of invisible gases that surround the Earth.
What is Atmosphere?
Rain providing water for living things is an example of what these two spheres interacting.
What are the hydrosphere and the biosphere?
This is the main source of Earth's energy.
What is the Sun?
The Earth System can be divided into this many parts.
What is 5... or 5 parts?
This sphere is made up of all of the frozen water on earth.
What is the cryosphere?
This sphere is made up of living things and the areas of Earth where they are found.
What is the biosphere?
Decomposing organisms releasing nutrients into the soil is an example of these two spheres interacting.
What are the biosphere and geosphere?
A tiny fraction of Earth's energy comes from these two sources.
What are ocean tides and lava (or magma)?
These are the names of the systems that make up the Earth system.
What is atmosphere, cryosphere, geosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere?
This percent of water on Earth is the salt water in oceans.
What is 97%?
These two are the main gases that make up Earth's atmosphere.
What are nitrogen and oxygen?
Icebergs melting in the sun is an example of these two spheres interacting.
What are the cryosphere and hydrosphere?
THIS is Earth's way to keep track of energy transfers into and out of the Earth system.
What is the energy budget?
This sphere is the mostly solid, rocky part of Earth.
What is the geosphere?
Most of the frozen water on Earth is found in these two places.
What are Antarctica and the Arctic (North Pole)?
This gas makes up 78% of our atmosphere?
What is nitrogen?
Waves breaking where the sea floor is shallow is an example of these two spheres interacting.
What are the hydrosphere and geosphere?
These gases absorb energy from Earth's surface and keep that energy in the atmosphere.
What are Greenhouse Gases?
This part of the geosphere is between the crust and core.
What is the mantle
Water moves through oceans, streams, and even this unlikely place.
What is rocks?
These four things are needed for life.
What are oxygen (or carbon dioxide), liquid water, moderate temperatures, and a stable source of energy?
Bacteria in the biosphere remove this important gas from the air and release another form of it into the soil.
What is nitrogen?
When this melts, the Earth absorbs more energy into the ground, increasing global temperatures.
What is Polar Ice?