Geosphere
What does Geo mean?
Land
What does Hydro mean?
Water
What does Bio mean?
Life
What does Atmo mean?
High in the air
Someone who studies the geosphere
Geologist
Someone who studies the hydrosphere
Hydrologist
Someone who studies the biosphere
Biologist
Someone who studies the atmosphere and weather
Meteorologist
The process that is happening when rocks crash into each other as they fall down a mountain and are carried away by wind and rivers
Erosion
Most of Earth's water is this kind
Salt water
Name at least 5 things that are part of the Biosphere
Any 5 animals, insects or plants
How do clouds form?
When water vapor condenses
Name at least 3 parts of the geosphere
Rocks, minerals, sand, soil and landforms
What is the process of liquid water turning into vapor called?
Evaporation
One way people can protect the biosphere
What is do not pollute the hydrosphere, atmosphere and geosphere
Why do we compare Earth's atmosphere to a blanket?
It makes sure the Earth's temperature isn't too cold or too hot.
How is new soil is created from plants breaking down?
The plants decompose
What is water doing when it changes from water vapor to liquid?
Condensing
What can the biosphere not live without?
Geosphere, Hydrosphere and Atmosphere
Three things the atmosphere does
1. Keeps Earth warm
2. Gives us oxygen to breathe
3. It’s where our weather happens.