The Water Cycle
Glaciers
Clouds
Labs/Demos
Subsystems of Earth
100

condensed water vapor that falls back to Earth

precipitation

100

Define glacier.

A glacier is a large mass of ice that moves slowly over land.

100

What are clouds made up of? Name 3 things.

ice crystals, water droplets, and dust

100

What is the most plentiful gas in the atmosphere? What % of the air does it represent?

Nitrogen; 78%

100

Name the 4 subsystems of Earth.

Atmosphere

Hydrosphere

Geosphere

Biosphere

200

water in the form of a gas

water vapor

200

How long ago did ice cover almost one-third of the land?

18,000 years ago

200

These clouds are thin, feathery, wispy and white; they are known as high clouds.

Cirrus Clouds

200

What happens to the temperature at higher altitudes?

It decreases.

200

This subsystem includes solid Earth made of rocks, soil, and minerals that exist on the surface and the interior

Geosphere

300

the process of a gas changing to a liquid due to a decrease in temperature and pressure

condensation

300

What % of our freshwater is made of ice caps and glaciers?

68.7% (70%)

300

These are clouds that form near the ground.

Fog

300

What % of Earth's water is saltwater vs. freshwater?

97% vs. 3%

300

This is the place where life exists in all forms, including plants and animals.

Biosphere

400

storage areas on Earth for water - oceans, lakes, streams, glaciers, ice caps, rivers

Reservoirs

400

Name 2 things that glaciers do to our land?

They help store water and they help carve and shape the land.

400

These clouds are dark and produce light to heavy continuous rain.

Nimbostratus Clouds

400

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.

400

This the thin blanket of gases that surrounds Earth and is held in place by gravity.

atmosphere

500

The process of a liquid changing to a gas due to an increase in temperature and pressure

Evaporation

500

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


500

These clouds produce thunderstorms with precipitation as cumulus clouds get larger.

Cumulonimbus clouds

500

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.

500

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

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