Earth's Spheres
What is the geosphere made up of?
Rocks, Soil, Earth's crust
This large flightless bird is native to Australia.
Emu
A tsunami is a series of _______ moving across the ocean
waves
An earthquake is the shaking of the ground caused by movement in these parts of the Earth’s crust.
Tectonic Plates
What does the biosphere include?
Living organisms (humans, animals, plants)
This fish can puff up to scare away predators.
Pufferfish
The word “tsunami” comes from this language.
Japan
Earthquakes usually happen near this type of plate boundary where plates slide past each other.
Transform
Name the three main states of water found in the hydrosphere
Solid, liquid, gas
Frogs can breathe through this body part when underwater
Skin
A tsunami is usually caused by this type of natural event under the ocean.
Earthquake
The instrument used to record earthquake waves.
Seismograph
When plants take in carbon dioxide from the air, which two spheres are interacting?
Biosphere and Atmosphere
This insect can lift up to 50 times its body weight
Ant
Most tsunamis are caused by this kind of plate boundary movement.
subduction zone or convergent boundary
The Richter Scale measures this aspect of an earthquake.
Magnitude
What gas makes up most of the Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen
This African mammal can go without water for weeks and has long eyelashes to protect its eyes from sand.
Camel
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was caused by a massive earthquake near this country.
Indonesia
The 1906 earthquake that destroyed much of this U.S. city started fires that burned for days.
San Francisco