Falling rocks or other sediment that may be swept away by water and left to form a delta or other new land form are part of this process.
What is deposition?
100
All of the living things on Earth are part of this.
What is the Biosphere?
100
This is formed by wind in the atmosphere meeting sand on the beach or desert.
What is a dune?
100
It is the process of plants giving off water back into the atmosphere.
What is transpiration?
100
What do we call the substance that flows from a volcano?
What is lava, or magma?
200
Earthquakes most commonly take place near _______ lines.
What is fault?
200
As weathering eats away pockets of limestone underground, what are likely to form? Hint: Bats often live in these.
What are caves?
200
The process of building walls to hold the soil in place on a sloped landscape to keep the soil from eroding.
What is terracing?
200
True or False: Rocks are part of the Biosphere.
What is False?
200
Which geographical feature is formed by water erosion over millions of years?
What is a canyon?
300
This is an instrument used to measure an earthquake.
What is a seismograph?
300
This process causes clouds to become heavy with water, just before precipitation occurs.
What is condensation?
300
Wyatt is riding his bike and suddenly he observes rock and soil sliding down a hill near his house. He is probably witnessing:
What is a landslide?
300
A person who studies animal life on earth is called this.
What is a biologist?
300
As one tectonic plate is pushed under another, magma is released to the surface forming this.
What is a volcano?
400
A seismological study finds that there may be large increase in the number of earthquakes occurring in a certain area. What action should be taken to control the possible damage?
( A) Buildings in the area would be designed to withstand the earthquakes.
(B) Scientist should try to prevent the earthquakes from occurring.
(C) People should be forced to leave and sell their homes.
(D) Roads in the area should be changed so people can travel around the area.
What is (A)?
400
What is a nickname for the Pacific Rim--the name given to this part of the Earth because of frequent volcanic activity?
What is the "Ring of Fire?"
400
Lava that flows from a volcano may form this over a period of time.
What are mountains?
400
True or False. The water in the Hydrosphere is the same water that was here on Earth when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
What is true?
400
A huge ocean wave caused by an earthquake in the ocean floor is called:
What is a tsunami?
500
The process of water interacting with land, when water takes away some of the land.
What is erosion?
500
The sphere of the earth that contains all of the polar ice caps.
What is the lithosphere?
500
If people are building dams, levees, and a better water drain system for their town, they are most likely expecting a:
What is a flood?
500
Materials that are moved or deposited by water, glaciers or wind is called
What is sediment?
500
Name two ways the spheres of the Earth of interact.
Options: Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Avalanche, Mudslide, and many, many more.