Earth's spheres
All the rock, soil and sediments that makeup Earth’s land. It comes a word which means “Earth.”
What is the Geosphere?
Water that falls to the ground. Comes in 3 main forms: rain, snow, and hail.
What is Precipitation?
The amount of time it takes the Earth to rotate.
24 hours or 1 day.
Another word for Earth's Revolution.
What is Orbit?
An opening on Earth's surface that allows molten rock, called magma, to escape from inside the earth.
What is a volcano?
All the oceans, rivers, lakes and water on Earth. It comes a word which means “water.”
What is Hydrosphere?
When a liquid turns into a gas. Liquid water rises up due to heat and becomes vapor.
What is Evaporation?
The imaginary line that Earth rotates on.
What is the axis?
The time that Earth takes to revolve.
What is 365.25 days or 1 year?
A huge ocean wave caused by a disturbance in the ocean floor. Usually caused by an underwater earthquake.
What is a Tsunami?
All the gases surrounding the earth. It comes from a word that means “air.”
What is Atmosphere?
When a gas turns into a liquid.
What is Condensation?
The time when shadows are the shortest.
What is Noon, when the Sun is highest in the sky?
A year with 366 days.
What is a leap year?
A sudden, violent shaking of the ground caused by movement of giant plates in the earth's crust.
What is an Earthquake?
All the living things on Earth. It comes from the word which means “life.”
What is Biosphere?
Tiny droplets of condensed water vapor floating high above the ground.
What are clouds?
A tool that provides evidence that the earth is rotating. It is made of a heavy weight hanging from a long wire which swings back and forth. The direction of the swinging ball appears to change due to Earth’s rotation.
What is Foucault Pendulum?
The giant rock that orbits the Earth and you see it in the night sky.
What is the Moon?
Molten rock inside the earth.
What is Magma?
Which sphere do humans impact?
ALL OF THEM!!!
Water in gas form.
What is water vapor?
An ancient tool used to tell time during the day. Part of it casts a shadow onto a flat surface marked in hours. It works due to Earth’s rotation.
What is a Sundial?
A collection of stars that some people say look like a picture.
(ex. the Big Dipper)
What is a constellation?
An instrument used to record data about earthquakes.
What is a Seismograph?