Geosphere
What is geosphere?
Most of Earth's mass in the form of metal or rock
What is hydrosphere?
Water
What is the atmosphere?
A thin envelope of gases that forms Earth's outermost layer.
What is cryosphere?
Frozen water
Table salt
How was the Himilayas mountains created?
Destructive and constructive forces
How do we interact with hydrosphere?
Swimming, washing our hands, drinking water, etc
Weather
How much of Earth's fresh water is cryosphere?
2%
What makes dough rise?
Yeast
Name the 4 destructive forces
Rain, wind, ice, fire
Name the 4 things in the water cycle
evaporation, transpiration, condensation and precipetation
What is at least two things the atmosphere is made up of? (two compounds)
nitrogen, oxygen, water vapor, carbon dioxide and dust particles
True or false:Most of Earth's salt water is cryosphere
false
How do you calculate density?
Mass/volume
Describe a mountain's elevation and relief
high elevation and high relief
What is transpiration?
When plants draw in water from the soil through their roots
It is the foundation of the different _________ around the world.
climates
Is our actions affecting the cryosphere and how?
Yes since we caused global warming by littering which melts the ice.
What is a compound?
substance made of 2 or more elements that are combined in a set ratio/
What does all of Earth's geosphere contain?
solid metal inner core, liquid metal outer core, rocky mantle and crust
Explain which way the water cycle goes
in a circle clockwise
Name all of the things in the atmosphere
nitrogen, oxygen, water vapor, carbon dioxide and dust particles
What does cryosphere contain? What forms?
Ice and snow on land as well as sea and lake ice.
Is iron rusts is that a chemical or physical property?
chemical