The Water Cycle
condensed water vapor that falls back to Earth
precipitation
Define glacier.
A glacier is a large mass of ice that moves slowly over land.
What are clouds made up of? Name 3 things.
ice crystals, water droplets, and dust
What is the most plentiful gas in the atmosphere? What % of the air does it represent?
Nitrogen; 78%
Name the 4 subsystems of Earth.
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Geosphere
Biosphere
water in the form of a gas
water vapor
How long ago did ice cover almost one-third of the land?
18,000 years ago
These clouds are thin, feathery, wispy and white; they are known as high clouds.
Cirrus Clouds
What happens to the temperature at higher altitudes?
It decreases.
This subsystem includes solid Earth made of rocks, soil, and minerals that exist on the surface and the interior
Geosphere
the process of a gas changing to a liquid due to a decrease in temperature and pressure
condensation
What % of our freshwater is made of ice caps and glaciers?
68.7% (70%)
These are clouds that form near the ground.
Fog
What % of Earth's water is saltwater vs. freshwater?
97% vs. 3%
This is the place where life exists in all forms, including plants and animals.
Biosphere
storage areas on Earth for water - oceans, lakes, streams, glaciers, ice caps, rivers
Reservoirs
Name 2 things that glaciers do to our land?
They help store water and they help carve and shape the land.
These clouds are dark and produce light to heavy continuous rain.
Nimbostratus Clouds
What inferences did you make during our layers of the ocean lab? What did we do and what were the results?Explain.
Saltwater is more dense than freshwater. The variable test tube layered based of the varying amounts of salt content. The control test tube had no salt content and the colors mixed.
This the thin blanket of gases that surrounds Earth and is held in place by gravity.
atmosphere
The process of a liquid changing to a gas due to an increase in temperature and pressure
Evaporation
Name 4 places on Earth that are either currently forming as glaciers or were once glaciers.
Bering Glacier, Alaska
Kutiah Glacier, Pakistan
Yosemite Valley, CA
The Great Lakes
These clouds produce thunderstorms with precipitation as cumulus clouds get larger.
Cumulonimbus clouds
Describe the greenhouse effect.
Sunlight warms the Earth. At night the Earth cools off and some of the heat escapes back into space and some is trapped by gases in atmosphere. This acts as a "blanket" over the Earth.
Name the 5 Kingdoms of life on Earth and tell me what each represents.
Plantae -plants
Animalia - animals
Protista - single celled organisms
Monera - bacteria and eubacteria
Fungi - mushrooms, yeast, and molds