Earth's Spheres
What is the biosphere?
The Earth system that includes all living things. (plants, animals, humans)
Why is the ozone layer important?
The ozone layer protects us from harmful UV rays from the Sun. The Ozone protects us from 97% of the UV rays.
What are the parts of Earth's geosphere?
Crust, Upper Mantle, Lower Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core.
How does the geosphere & biosphere interact?
Geosphere is a habitat for animals, geosphere is home to plants (soil). We live on the geosphere.
What is the Geopshere?
The Earth system that includes all non-living things (rocks, minerals, sediments ,etc.)
If this happens in the atmosphere it may lead to increased exposure to ultraviolet radiation at the Earth's surface.
Thinning of the ozone layers
Why does sea breeze blow from the sea towards the land surface?
Seawater heats up more slowly than the land surface.
This causes air movement between the land and the ocean
Convection current
What is the hydrosphere?
The system that includes all of the water on, under or above Earth
The layer that contains ozone which absorbs ultraviolet radiation in the atmosphere
Stratosphere
How might the biosphere be affected if a harmful substance entered the Hydrosphere?
The biosphere may be affected because plants need the hydrosphere for fresh water. Plants can die due to the harmful substance in the water. Animals can also drink water that has been affected and could die from it.
Through which process does heat moves from warmer to cooler matter.
Conduction
What is the atmosphere?
The system that includes all of the layers of gasses that surround the Earth
When a volcano erupts how does the ash from the eruption interact with the hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere?
When the ash goes into the atmosphere, it can block sunlight from reaching Earth's surface. No sunlight means that plants can't make their own food - which affects the biosphere. Ash can also go into the water cycle through rain or falling into streams or rivers.
Interdependent
To depend on one another
In the atmosphere ________ increases as the altitude decreases
Air pressure
What is a system?
A collection of parts that are working together.
What layer of Earth's atmosphere do we live on?
The Geosphere
Earth has 4 systems. Which system has many landforms?
Geosphere
The most abundant energy resource on Earth.
Solar energy