Earth System

Spheres

100

All living things are in this sphere

Biosphere?

200

Oxygen and nitrogen are in this sphere

Atmosphere

300

The sphere that does not include grass, rain, or carbon dioxide.

Geopshere

400

If the temperature of the atmosphere decreased, this might happen to the hydrosphere.

More snow, more ice

500

Provide an example of the geosphere interacting with the atmosphere.

A volcano releasing dust into the air or several other possible answers

Scientific Method

100

A prediction of what will happen in the experiement

Hypothesis

200

After you analyze your results, you must do this.

Communicate your findings

300

Alicia predicts that watering her plant twice a week will make it grow the most. Next, she should do this.

Do an experiment

400

Jemar tests how long it takes for his sister to run from one end of the house to the other. He measures the time by counting in his head. He would be more scientific if he did this.

Use a stop watch to measure the time.

500

Angela wants to which way of cooking chicken will make it brown better: with flour or without. She cooks one batch without flour over medium high heat and she cooks the second batch with flour over high heat. What is wrong with her experiment?

She changed 2 things instead of 1 (flour and temperature)

Layers of Earth

100

The outer layer of the earth

Crust

200

Liquid layer

Outer core

300

Name two things about the inner core

Solid Metal Nickel and iron Hottest layer Most pressure 2nd thinnest layer

400

Describe two things about the mantle

Beneath the crust Solid but bendable Thickest layer Feeds lava to volcanoes

500

Which layer is responsible for the Earth's magnetic field? 

Outer core

Interactions between Spheres

100

These two spheres come together to for rain. 

Hydrosphere and Atmosphere

200

When a volcano erupts, these spheres are interacting. 

Atmosphere, geosphere

300

What is an example of the biosphere interacting with the geosphere? 

Teacher Discretion 

400

A tsunami is interactions between what spheres? 

Hydro, Geo, possibly bio

500

The substance coal, is made from the interaction of what spheres? 

Biosphere and geosphere 

Cycles

100

This cycle, helps recycle, all the nonliving things on the planet. 

rock cycle

200

This cycle is the continues movement of ______ on, above and below Earth's surface. 

Water/The water cycle

300

This cycle allows this element to be found in every cycle, it's considered the building block of the earth. 

The Carbon Cycle

400

Gases in the atmosphere that absorb and re-radiate thermal energy from the Sun 

Greenhouse Gases

500

This cycle is not found in every system, but its extremely important for the growth of living things, like you and me. 

Phosphorus cycle