Name the Vocab Word
Layer of gas and some solids that extend up from Earth's surface and form a protective layer around the planet.
Atmosphere
Define the Biosphere
All living things on Earth.
What stage is water in before it evaporates into the atmosphere?
liduid
Evaporation
What is the Moon phase where none of the Moon is visible?
Thermal Energy
Define the Geosphere
The solid part of the Earth. Includes the core, mantle, crust and all land forms.
What causes water to evaporate into the atmosphere?
Heat, most likely the Sun
What is the name for liquid or solid water falling from clouds back to the Earth's surface?
Precipitation
What effect does mass have on gravitational pull?
Made up of millions of water droplets and ice crystals suspended in air.
Cloud
In what sphere would you categorize a mountain?
The geosphere
True or False: Debris and pollution in water stays in the water when it evaporates.
False, evaporation is a natural filtration process.
By what process do plants release water into the atmosphere?
Transpiration
What color does the moon turn during a total lunar eclipse?
Hydrosphere
In what sphere would you classify a dolphin?
The biosphere
What process turns evaporated water into clouds?
Condensation
How do living organisms such as deer and humans release water into the atmosphere?
Cellular Respiration
What is one difference between the inner planets and the outer planets?
-More moons in the outer planets
-Rings
-Inner made of rock, outer made of gas and ice
The process by which a liquid turns into a crystalline solid.
Crystallization
What sphere do clouds enter into?
The atmosphere
What process occurs when it is snowing?
Crystallization
What 'spheres' of the Earth contribute water to the water cycle?
What two processes cause the seasons?