Vocabulary
A group of parts that work together.
The meaning of the latin root "bio".
What is life.
What is the name of our fictional island?
What is Ferris Island.
The meaning of the latin root "hydro".
What is water.
What is air.
Water that has been used and now contains harmful subtances.
Wastewater, substance, matter, or chemical reaction?
What is wastewater.
The number of interacting systems that make up our Earth.
What is 4.
In the simulation water vapor rises from the ocean, this is called what?
What is evaporation.
Water is found on Earth in what three states?
What are solid, liquid, and gas.
The amount of layers of the atmosphere.
What is 5.
To try something again using what you learned the last time you tried it.
What is iterate.
The solid Earth.
What is the geosphere.
When wind is redirected because it blows against a mountain, this is an example of which two "spheres" interacting?
What are the atmosphere and geosphere.
The process by which water moves through the Earth and atmosphere.
What is the water cycle.
This atmospheric layer protects us (Earth) from meteoroids.
What is the mesosphere.
When a gas turns into a liquid.
Explain how all four "spheres" are involved in a hurricane.
atmosphere: storm
hydrosphere: ocean water
geosphere: land affected
biosphere: animals and plants affected
Clouds form from water vapor changing into a liquid. A process called what?
What is condensation.
The process that occurs when water changes from a liquid to a gas by heat.
What is evaporation.
Which layer has the greatest air pressure? (This is why it's warmer closer to Earth than higher up.)
What is the troposphere.
To put together multiple pieces of information in order to understand something.
What is synthesize.
How does a drought impact the biosphere?
What is plants and animals struggle to survive without water.
This "effect" is the reason more rain forms over West Ferris than East Ferris.
What is the rain shadow effect.
Most of Earth's fresh water is found where?
What are glaciers.
The main gases (5) that make up our atmosphere:
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