Geosphere
What are Examples of the Geosphere?
Rocks, Minerals, sediments and soils.
_______ is the only substance on Earth that commonly exists in all of the three states of matter ( solid, liquid, gas.)
Water
State true or false: Atmosphere is not responsible for life on the Earth.
False
The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back. evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation
Water Cycle
a large mass of compacted snow and ice that moves under the force of gravity
glacier
What is Geosphere?
The Layer of earth itself
About _______ percent of Earth's water is salt water found in oceans.
97%
Why do plants and animals need oxygen to survive?
To release energy from food.
An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms (molds, maggots, lactobacteria, worms, cockroaches, yeasts, house flies, mushrooms, slugs, mildew)
Decomposer
a glacier that is less than 50,000 square kilometers in area
ice caps
What does Geo- Mean?
What is the energy source that drives the water cycle?
The sun
What is the second most large gas in the atmosphere?
Oxygen
What does the Biosphere consist of?
made up of the parts of Earth where life exists
the end of the glacier
ice front
What are the main Components in the Geosphere?
The crust, the mantle, and the core.
Most of the freshwater is located at___?
Icecaps and Glaciers
The layer of the atmosphere where most of the world's weather occurs is?
Troposphere
What are biotic and abiotic factors?
Biotic factors are all the living things with which organisms interact.
Abiotic factors are nonliving, physical things
a long, winding ridge formed when sand and gravel fill meltwater tunnels beneath a glacier
eskers
How does this have an effect on us humans?
By it providing essential resources, forming our built environment, and impacting our ability to grow food.
A ______ is a mixture that forms when one substance dissolves in another.
Solution
What major gases are found in the atmosphere?
Nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and carbon dioxide.
How old is the Biosphere?
3.5 billion years YOUNG!
a broad, stratified, gently sloping deposit of sediment formed beyond the terminal moraine by streams from a melting glacier
outwash plains