Geosphere
What is the solid part of Earth that includes rocks and soil?
What is the Geosphere?
What is the term for all the water on Earth?
What is the Hydrosphere?
What is the Biosphere?
What is the part of Earth where life exists?
What is the layer of gases surrounding Earth called?
What is the Atmosphere?
What happens when water from the Hydrosphere interacts with the soil in the Geosphere?
What is soil erosion?
Name one process that shapes the Geosphere.
What is erosion or volcanic activity?
Name one place where you can find freshwater.
What is a lake or river?
Name one type of ecosystem found in the Biosphere.
What is a forest or desert?
Name one gas that is essential for human life found in the Atmosphere.
What is oxygen?
How do plants in the Biosphere affect the Atmosphere?
What is by producing oxygen through photosynthesis?
What is the layer of the Earth that is made up of molten rock?
What is the mantle?
What process describes water changing from liquid to vapor?
What is evaporation?
What are living organisms that produce their own food called?
What are autotrophs?
What is the process by which plants release water vapor into the air?
What is transpiration?
What is it called when the sun heats water and causes it to evaporate?
What is evaporation?
What do we call the outer layer of the Earth?
What is the crust?
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
What is the Pacific Ocean?
What role do decomposers play in the Biosphere?
What is breaking down dead matter?
What do we call the weather conditions in a place over a long period?
What is climate?
How can pollution in the Atmosphere affect the Hydrosphere?
What is by contaminating water sources?
How do plants affect the Geosphere?
What is by preventing soil erosion?
How does water help in the growth of plants?
What is by providing hydration and nutrients?
How do animals depend on plants in the Biosphere?
What is for food and shelter?
How does the Atmosphere protect life on Earth?
What is by blocking harmful solar radiation?
Describe one way that the Geosphere, Hydrosphere, and Atmosphere work together.
What is the water cycle, where water evaporates, condenses, and falls back to Earth?