Earth's Spheres
What is the name of the sphere that fits this description:
- this sphere is know for all the rocks found on earth,
- this sphere includes liquid, molten rock, minerals, and metals.
- this sphere also makes up the ocean floor along side each continents, and landforms.
This sphere is called the Geosphere
How are Ignous formed? name 1 ways that they can manifest.
Ignous rocks from from volcanoes
Extrusive: When cooling slowly the crystals will be smaller,
Intrusive: If the rock is cooling rabidly the rock will form large crystals
What is Luster?
Luster in a mineral is used to describe how the surface reflects light, or refract and bend light.
What does the hydrosphere include?
-( The root word 'hydro' comes from the Greek word that means 'Water')
(!!have at least 3/5 answers!!)
The hydrosphere Includes:
Water, fresh water, salt water, frozen (ice), and Vapor.
Name the Rock type that matches this description:
- Formed when sediments are pressed and cemented together
-Detrital: made from broken fragments of broken rocks
Chemical: formed when dessolved
The Rock type is Sedimentary
What sphere descibes all living things?
A)- Atmosphere
B)- Geosphere
C)- Biosphere
D)- Hydrosphere
The correct Answer was (C)- The Biosphere
- The Biosphere contains plants, animals, microscopic organisms, and fungi. these can be found in the air, Earth's surface, barried in the soil, and in the water.
How are Metamorphic rock types formed?
(Meta: Change, Morph: Form)
Metamorphic rocks are formed when other types of rocks that have undergone changes in pressure and temperature.
What is at least (2/5) different layers of the Atmosphere?
Layers of the Atmosphere:
Troposphere: About 80% is all gasses, closest to Earth's surface
Stratosphere: above the troposphere, protects us from the uv light coming from the sun.
Mesosphere: middle layer of the Atmosphere, temp drops to -100°c
Thermosphere: Above Mesosphere, this layer can get hot
Exosphere: outer most layer of the atmosphere, this thins out to a vacum layer
How does a sedimentary rock change into A Metamorphic
Heat And pressure
How would to describe "Earth's Spheres" in a whole
(!!answer does not have to match up word for word!!)
There is a total of 4 "Spheres" while each sphere is different, they are indeed connected through chemical and biological cycles of processes.
(- If you got that the spheres are connected and how you got it right, again does not have to be this answer word for word)
How does a Sedimentary rock change to an Ignous rock?
Melting and Crystallization