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A sudden movement of a large amount of soil and rocks down a slope.
What is a landslide?
This happens when wind and rain beat on rocks over time.
What is erosion?
This is the average weather pattern of a region over time.
What is climate?
What is the geosphere?
Very hot melted rock
What is molten rock?
Which two spheres interact as a cave forms?
What is the geosphere and hydrosphere?
This is a straight-line wind that can cause a lot of damage.
What is a derecho?
Fish, plants, and animals are all part of this sphere.
What is the biosphere?
Average weather pattern of a region over time.
What is climate?
A tornado sweeps away the dust on the ground, and pulls out trees. These systems are interacting.
What is the atmosphere, geosphere, and biosphere?
This is when a large group of trees have been removed to make space for buildings.
What is deforestation?
70% of Earth's surface is covered in this sphere.
What is the hydrosphere?
Minerals are found in soil, which is part of this sphere.
What is the geosphere?
The condition of the atmosphere at a given place and time.
What is weather?
When a landslide occurs after a heavy rain, these two systems interact.
What is the geosphere and hydrosphere?
This is an example of a fast change to Earth's geosphere. Name at least one example.
Which two spheres interact when a volcano erupts?
What is the geosphere and atmosphere?
Thunderstorms form in this sphere.
What is the atmosphere?
A large region of air that has similar temperature and humidity.
What is an air mass?
This system is affected when deforestation occurs.
What is the biosphere?
This is what occurs when there are no more of a particular type of species left on Earth.
What is extinction?