Water cycle
Rain, snow, hail
What is Precipitation
A flow of water into another body of water
What is a river
Most of the Earths mass in the form of rock and metal
What is the Geosphere
The type energy objects have when they are in motion
Kinetic energy
A push or a pull
What is force
Ways in which water vapor is stored and transferred around the world
What is Condensation
Sand that is swept into a pile by winds
What is a dune
A thin envelope of gases and forms Earth's outermost layer
What is the atmosphere
Objects that are not moving still have this type of energy
What is Potential energy
Gravitational force, magnetic force, electrostatic forces
What are non-contact forces?
Elevated landforms shown on a map
What is topography
Consist of all living things on the Earth
What is the Biosphere
The total kinetic and potential energy of particles within a substance
What is Thermal Energy
Friction, pushing a desk, pulling chair, opening a door, pushing a shopping cart, bouncing a ball, are all examples of...
What is a contact force?
Transpiration
What is the way plants release water into the atmosphere
This landform forms at the mouth of a river when the flow of water builds up sediments
What is a delta?
This happens when animals from the biosphere drink water from the hydrosphere
How do spheres interact?
Energy cannot be created nor destroyed it can only be transferred or transformed
What is the law of conservation of energy
The unit used to measure the strength of a force
What is a Newton?
The type of energy associated with an objects position or shape
Potential Energy
25N to the right and 35N to the left
What is 15N to the left?