Earth Systems
prefix means ground
What is the geosphere?
A volcano ejects its contents and hot gases enter into the air.
What is the geosphere and the atmosphere?
typically the "first stage" of the water cycle
What is evaporation?
all the liquid water and ice on Earth's surface, liquid water in the ground, and water vapor in the atmosphere
What is the hydrosphere?
water that falls to Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
What is precipitation?
prefix means life
What is the biosphere?
man pumping crude oil from the ground
What is the biosphere and the geosphere?
where are tiny droplets of water collecting and hanging out until they are ready to fall
What are clouds?
the process of changing from a liquid to a gas
What is evaporation?
tiny droplets of water that form on cool surfaces, usually at night water vapor cools down
What is dew?
prefix means air
What is the atmosphere?
a sunflower taking in oxygen to be able to go through photosynthesis
What is the biosphere and the atmosphere?
water vapor in the air cools down and collects in droplets in the clouds
What is condensation?
the process of changing from a gas to a liquid
What is condensation?
solid portion of the Earth's consisting of the crust and outer mantle
What is geosphere?
prefix means water
What is the hydrosphere?
rain hits the mountain and flows down as runoff
What is the biosphere and the geosphere?
sleet, drizzle, rain showers, snowflakes, hail all come down from the sky
What is precipitation?
water collects underground in cracks and spaces within rocks
What is groundwater?
layered clouds that form close to the ground
What is fog?
over 70% of the total surface of the earth is covered by
What is the water?
a water droplet moves through the soil and it was soaked up by the roots of a tree
What is the hydrosphere and the biosphere?
ice turning directly into water vapor without melting
What is sublimation?
the change of water from one state to another sd it moves between Earth's surface and the atmosphere
What is the water cycle?
the draining away of liquid water from the surface of an area of land
What is runoff?
when one or more of Earth's systems are involved with one another
What is an interaction?
a glacier carves a new valley
What is the geosphere and hydrosphere?
the place where most of the fresh water on Earth is stored
What are glaciers?
this change has to occur for any stage of the water cycle to occur
What is temperature change?
process of plants releasing water into the atmosphere
What is transpiration?