Spheres
What sphere contains all living things?
Biosphere
What two spheres interact to form a tropical storm?
Hydrosphere and atmosphere
What happens to the biosphere when you burn fossil fuels?
Plants and animals may not survive
Windmills provide energy from the
wind/air
bacteria is in the
biosphere
What sphere contains all rocks and soil?
Geosphere
What two spheres interact to cause mudslides?
What happens to the atmosphere when you burn fossil fuels?
The temperature of Earth can increase
Hydropower is gets energy from
water
The crust and upper mantle are part of the
lithosphere
What does the atmosphere contain?
All gases
What two spheres interact to cause blizzards
atmosphere and hydrosphere
Because of fossil fuels, what can there be more of in the atmosphere?
greenhouse gases
What sphere would help windmills work?
atmosphere
The majority of water on Earth is
salt water
What does the hydrosphere contain?
All Water
What two sphere will interact if a meteorite hit Earth causing dust to go into the air?
Geosphere and atmosphere
What is an example of a fossil fuel?
Coal, oil, gas
What sphere will help hydropumps work?
hydrosphere
acid rain
What happens if one sphere stops working?
They will all stop working
What two spheres will interact to cause hurricanes?
Hydrosphere and atmosphere
Fossil fuels provide
energy
Renewable resources provide
energy
What can impact Earth by retaining heat in the atmosphere from the sun.
greenhouse effect