Earth's Four Spheres
What are Earth's four spheres?
Atmosphere, Biosphere, Hydrosphere, and Geosphere
Water that falls from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail is called
Precipitation
Which type of precipitation is made of ice crystals that melt as they fall through the air and then hit the ground as liquid drops?
rain
What are the three climate zones?
Polar, temperate, and tropical?
The movement of materials, usually sediment, away from a place, is called
Erosion
An animal breathing in oxygen would be an example of an interaction between which two spheres?
Biosphere and atmosphere
Clouds are made up of
Water droplets or ice
Which type of precipitation is made of ice crystals that melt as they fall through a thin layer of warm air, but then refreeze and fall to the ground as frozen drops?
sleet
Which zone of climate is closest to the equator?
Tropical
The process of laying down materials, such as rocks and soil, is called?
Deposition
Water evaporating into water vapor in the air is an example of an interaction between which two spheres?
Hydrosphere and atmosphere
The change from water vapor to liquid water droplets, resulting in the formation of clouds, is called
condensation
Which type of precipitation is pushed back and forth through clouds by the wind, forming layers, before it falls the ground as a piece of ice?
Hail
The state of the atmosphere at any given time is called?
Weather
What is one way that farmers prevent erosion in their fields?
Planting trees, creating rows perpendicular to the slope of the ground
Water wearing down the sides of a riverbank (erosion) is an example of an interaction between which two spheres?
Geosphere and hydrosphere
The change from liquid water to water vapor is called
evaporation
Which type of cloud is found high above the ground, is made partially of ice crystals, and are thin, wispy, and white?
Cirrus
The average weather conditions over a long period of time is called?
Climate
True or false: sand dunes are created by sand particles deposited by the wind
True
The wind picking up sand and depositing it into dunes is an example of an interaction between which two spheres?
Atmosphere and geosphere
Water that is underground and slowly moves into rivers, lakes, and oceans is called
groundwater
Which type of cloud is seen at low levels, are often grey, and cover the whole sky?
Stratus
The movement of air that redistributes heat on Earth is called?
Circulation
In a ______________, gravity quickly pulls rocks and soil downhill.
landslide