Spheres of Earth
Sphere of Earth that includes all living things
What is Biosphere?
Type of rock formed by cooling magma or lava
What is igneous rock?
Thinnest layer of Earth
What is crust?
What is exosphere?
When water turns into a gas
What is evaporation?
The sphere that includes all rocks, minerals, and soil on Earth
What is Geosphere?
The type of rock formed by compaction and cementation
What is sedimentary?
The layer of Earth that is located in the center
What is inner core?
Where all weather occurs
What is troposhpere?
When plants release water vapor into the atmosphere
What is transpiration?
The hydrosphere includes all of this
What is water?
Extrusive rocks form here
The mantle contains magma that moves in ___
What are convection currents?
What is stratosphere?
The 3 things that make sediments
What are weathering, erosion, and deposition?
The atmosphere includes all ____ surrounding Earth
What are gasses?
What is heat and pressure?
The thickest layer of the Earth
What is mantle?
Northern lights and satellites are found here
What is thermosphere?
Adding heat and pressure to a pre-existing rock will form this
What is metamorphic rock?
This supplies oxygen to all living things
Atmosphere
Intrusive rocks cook slowly forming this type of mineral
What is large?
The two layers of the crust
What is oceanic crust and continental crust?
The coldest layer of the atmosphere
What is mesosphere?
When a metamorphic rock is heated to melting, this rock forms