Earth’s Spheres
This sphere includes all living organisms on Earth.
What is the biosphere?
The process of breaking rocks into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
Water changing from liquid to gas.
What is evaporation?
The atmospheric layer where weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
This sphere contains all the water on Earth.
What is the hydrosphere?
The movement of sediment from one place to another.
What is erosion?
Water vapor cooling and forming clouds.
What is condensation?
This layer contains the ozone layer.
What is the stratosphere?
Rocks, minerals, and Earth’s interior belong to this sphere.
What is the geosphere?
The process where sediment is dropped in a new location.
What is deposition?
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all examples of this.
What is precipitation?
Meteors burn up in this layer.
What is the mesosphere?
This Earth sphere is made mostly of gases like nitrogen and oxygen.
What is the atmosphere?
Volcanoes creating new land are an example of these forces.
What are constructive forces?
The Sun and this force are the two main drivers of the water cycle.
What is gravity?
Satellites orbit in this layer.
What is the thermosphere?
This frozen part of Earth is considered part of the hydrosphere.
What is the cryosphere?
This landform forms from deposited sediment near rivers.
What is a delta?
Only this percentage of Earth’s water is freshwater.
What is 3%?
A large body of air with similar temperature and humidity conditions.
What is an air mass?