Atmosphere
What is the first level of the atmosphere?
Troposphere
Name three things associated with the hydrosphere.
Wetlands, lakes, marshes, rivers, swamps, bogs, streams, oceans, rain, puddles, etc.
What is the difference between biotic factors and abiotic factors?
Biotic factors are living things (ex. animals, plants, people, bacteria, fungi), abiotic factors are not living things (ex. rocks, water, dirt, landforms, metals, weather).
Where are humans in the food chain?
Apex predator
What are the two types of plates?
Oceanic and continental plates.
What layer of the atmosphere blocks meteors?
Mesosphere
What sphere includes all man-made things?
Anthrosphere
Explain what the greenhouse effect does for earth.
Traps heat so we can survive.
What level on the food chain would include a rabbit?
Primary consumer
What are the slabs of rock sliding over the mantle called?
Tectonic plates
Which layer does weather happen in?
Troposphere
What is the difference between the hydrosphere and the cryosphere?
The hydrosphere is all of the liquid water, the cryosphere is all of the frozen water.
What percent of earth's freshwater is drinkable/accessible?
30%
Name an example of a secondary consumer.
Albatross (answers may vary)
What is the mantle made of?
Molten rock called magma.
Name the three common gases associated with the atmosphere.
Oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen
How would the biosphere be affected by a hurricane?
Animals' homes get destroyed, animals could get hurt, plants could get uprooted and die, the air quality makes breathing more difficult.
Name the six layers of the earth.
Oceanic crust, continental crust, crust, mantle, outer core, and (inner) core.
List in order the five level of the food chain.
1. Apex predator
2. Tertiary consumer
3. Secondary consumer
4. Primary consumer
5. Primary producer
What sphere are the plates part of?
Lithosphere
What level of the atmosphere do commercial airplanes fly through?
Stratosphere
What sphere do the polar lights happen in?
Thermosphere/exosphere
What is the outermost layer of the earth's crust down to the upper mantle called?
Lithosphere
What is the bonus level of the food chain?
Decomposers
What is the area where plates pull apart, collide/subduct, or slide past each other?
Plate boundary