Four Spheres
What are the four spheres of the Earth?
The four spheres are the lithosphere (land), hydrosphere (water), atmosphere (air), and biosphere (living things).
What natural disaster has strong winds and lots of rain?
A hurricane (or typhoon).
What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra
What is the largest continent in the world?
Asia
Is a large landform that rises high above the surrounding land.
A mountain.
Which sphere includes all the water on Earth?
The hydrosphere.
What do we call a big, fast slide of snow and ice down a mountain?
An avalanche.
Which country is known for the Great Pyramid of Giza?
Egypt
Which continent is known for the Sahara Desert?
Africa
What is the tallest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest.
Which sphere contains all the rocks, soil, and landforms?
The lithosphere.
What disaster covers land that is usually dry, often because of heavy rain or melting snow.
In which continent is the Amazon Rainforest located?
South America.
What is the name of the area that Australia is located in?
Oceania.
Where is Mount Fuji located?
Mount Fuji is in Japan.
What does the biosphere encompass?
The biosphere includes all living organisms and their interactions with the other spheres.
When the ground shakes because of the Earth's tectonic plate movement.
An earthquake.
What is the largest ocean in the world?
The Pacific Ocean.
Which continent is home to the country of Brazil?
South America.
What do we call the top of a mountain?
The summit.
What is the atmosphere?
The atmosphere is the layer of gases that surrounds the Earth.
What is a volcano?
A volcano is an opening in the Earth's surface where hot lava, ash, and gases can escape.
Which city is famous for its Eiffel Tower?
Paris, France.
What is the only continent that is also a country?
Australia
What do we call a group of mountains that are connected?
A mountain range.