Earth's Systems
This system includes all rocks, soil, and sediments on Earth.
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What is the geosphere?
Heavy rainfall can cause rivers to do this.
What is overflow?
Most of Earth's water is this type.
What is saltwater?
This activity releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
What is burning fossil fuels?
This system makes up 84% of Earth's total volume.
What is the mantle?
The system that includes all living things.
What is the biosphere?
This effect occurs when greenhouse gases increase in the atmosphere.
What is global warming?
Humans and animals rely on this type of water to survive.
What is freshwater?
Acid rain can harm plants by stripping minerals from this.
What is soil?
This gas makes up most of Earth's atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
This system is made of water in oceans, lakes, rivers, and underground.
What is the hydrosphere?
Acid rain can strip minerals from soil, affecting this system.
What is the geosphere?
The amount of freshwater is limited and depends on this weather process.
What is rainfall?
Overusing water resources faster than they are replenished can lead to this.
What is water scarcity?
The lithosphere includes this and the rigid part of the mantle.
What is the crust?
The layer of gases surrounding Earth is called this
What is atmosphere?
If the atmosphere had half its current thickness, this system would struggle to survive.
What is the biosphere?
Water in clouds falls as rain or snow due to this interaction between two systems.
What are the atmosphere and hydrosphere?
This gas is a major contributor to the greenhouse effect.
What is carbon dioxide?
A type of rainfall that harms living things and soil.
What is acid rain?
These two systems interact when plants grow in soil.
What are the biosphere and geosphere?
A hurricane forms when water vapor from warm oceans enters this system.
What is the atmosphere?
This natural phenomenon occurs when warm ocean water evaporates and forms clouds.
What is a hurricane?
Cutting down trees impacts these two systems.
What are the biosphere and atmosphere?
Earth's largest part of the hydrosphere.
What is the ocean?