EARTH'S SPHERES
This sphere is made up of the air surrounding Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
This process changes liquid water into water vapor.
What is evaporation?
Molten rock found beneath Earth's surface is called this.
What is magma?
A force that builds or creates landforms is called this.
What is a constructive force?
This landform is a high area of land with steep sides and a peak.
What is a mountain?
This sphere includes all of Earth's water.
What is the hydrosphere?
This process occurs when water vapor cools and changes into liquid water.
What is condensation?
When magma cools and hardens, it becomes this.
What is solid rock?
A force that breaks down or wears away landforms is called this.
What is a destructive force?
This large mass of moving ice can change the landscape as it moves.
What is a glacier?
This sphere includes rocks, soil, mountains, and the solid parts of Earth.
What is the geosphere?
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of this.
What is precipitation?
This process breaks solid rock into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
Water can be a destructive force when it does this to landforms.
What is erosion?
This is a flowing body of water that can erode and transport sediment.
What is a river?
This sphere includes all living things on Earth.
What is the biosphere?
This star provides the energy that drives the water cycle.
What is the Sun?
This process causes rock to move from one location to another.
What is erosion?
Water can be a constructive force when it does this with sediment.
What is deposition?
This landform forms when a river deposits sediment where it enters a larger body of water.
What is a delta?
This sphere includes Earth's frozen water, such as glaciers and ice sheets.
What is the cryosphere?
The total amount of water on Earth remains relatively constant because the rates of these two processes are balanced.
What are evaporation and precipitation?
What energy source provides the heat that drives the rock cycle?
What is Earth's internal heat?
Erosion is an example of this type of force.
What is a destructive force?
This is the boundary where land meets the ocean.
What is the coastline?