Earth Spheres 1
What are the Earth's spheres?
biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere
What are 3 examples of biosphere?
animals, plants, humans
What does the word bio mean
Life
True or False: the Biosphere has to do with Earth's rocks.
False The biosphere is all of the living things on earth
What is a producer?
Something that makes its own food through photosynthesis, plants.
Which sphere contains water?
hyrdosphere
Air next to the ground becomes warm. What two interactions are happening?
atmosphere and geosphere
Which spheres are interacting:
Heavy rains have washed away some soil and exposed a large fossil embedded in rock.
Geosphere and Hydrosphere
geo means
land/ground/soil
What is a consumer?
A living thing that eats other living things
A tree is blown down by wind. What two spheres are interacting with one another
biosphere and atmosphere
The rock, dust, soil, and minerals of the Earth's solid crust and outer mantle make up the ____
geosphere
A windstorm kicking up dirt and sand into the air. What spheres are interacting?
Geosphere and Atmosphere
This is a storm that occurs when a cold, dry air mass meets a warm humid air mass. sometimes called a blizzard when snow and sleet occur.
Winter storm or Snow storm
What is a decomposer?
The mountain is being eroded by the ocean and it is breaking apart into pieces. What spheres are interacting?
Geo & Hydro
How much of the Earth is covered in Fresh water?
3%
atmo means
air
Biosphere and Geosphere
True or False: A penguin is a producer
False, A penguin is a consumer.
What will most likely happen if lake water becomes polluted by humans?
a. animals in the lake will die
b. there will be more fish in the lake
c. pollution will not hurt the plants or animals.
A. animals in the lake will die
True or false: hurricanes can take place on land
False
What is one way that the biosphere depends on the geosphere
To get minerals and nutrients in the soil
What is Ms Rios dog's name?
Magic
What are Ms. Rios 2 favorite colors
Pink and Orange