4 Spheres
All the water on the Earth
What is the Hydrosphere?
Capture polluting emissions before they enter the air
What helps decrease air pollution?
Dumping trash into rivers
What is harmful to our water supply?
Water turning into gas and rising in the air
What is evaporation
Water evaporates into the sky
What are the hydrosphere and the atmosphere?
All the land on the Earth
What is the Geosphere?
Burn more fuel in the factories
What increases air pollution?
Treating sewage before it enters the water
What is helpful to our water supply?
rain, snow, sleet, and hail
What are types of precipitation?
Plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen
What are the biosphere and the atmosphere?
All the gases that surround the Earth
What is the Atmosphere?
Release more smoke in the air
What increases air pollution?
Using more harmful chemicals
What is harmful to our water supply?
Water moving over the land back into rivers, lakes, or oceans
What is surface runoff?
Water erodes rocks shaping the landscape
What are the hydrosphere and the geosphere?
The force that pulls objects toward the center of the Earth
What is gravity?
Drive your car less
What decreases air pollution?
recycling, conserving energy, composting, walking or biking instead of driving.
What are ways the community can reduce its impact on the environment?
Clouds forming through a process called condensation
What is the process that happens after evaporation?
Birds flying through the air
What are the biosphere and the atmosphere?
The process of water moving through Earth's systems including: evaporation, condensation, and precipitation
What is the Water Cycle?
Choose energy efficient appliances
What helps reduce air pollution?
Conserving water, collecting rainwater, and fixing leaks
What are examples of helpful activities for the planet's water supply?
glaciers and polar ice caps
Where most of the Earth's FRESH WATER is found?
Water evaporates, and through precipitation water returns to the land.
What are the hydrosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere?