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100
An Earth system that includes all the water on the planet.
What is the hydrosphere?
100
This is the transfer of heat through empty space.
What is radiation?
100
A set of processes energized by the Sun that keep water moving from place to place on Earth.
What is the water cycle?
100
This prevents the air molecules in our atmosphere from flying off into space.
What is gravity?
100
A variable that is changed in an experiment.
What is the manipulated variable?
200
The layer of gases that surrounds the Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
200
This is the transfer of heart through the motion of liquids and gases.
What is convection?
200
The process by which a substance in its liquid phase gains energy and enters its gaseous phase.
What is evaporation?
200
Both this and air pressure increase as you get closer to the surface of the Earth (sea level).
What is density?
200
A variable that is affected by the change to the manipulated variable.
What is the responding variable?
300
The layer of the atmosphere in which we live.
What is the troposphere?
300
This is the transfer of heat through direct contact.
What is conduction?
300
The process by which plants lose water through tine pores on their leaves.
What is transpiration?
300
This is the height above sea level.
What is altitude?
300
A term that describes the saltiness of water.
What is salinity?
400
This layer contains the ozone layer.
What is the stratosphere?
400
This is the primary source of energy for wind and ocean currents.
What is light from the Sun?
400
The process by which a substance in its gaseous phase loses energy and enters its liquid phase.
What is condensation?
400
This instrument measures atmospheric pressure?
What is a barometer?
400
An egg floats in salty water but sinks in freshwater for this reason.
What is saltwater is more dense than freshwater?
500
These are the two main gases in Earth's atmosphere.
What are nitrogen and oxygen?
500
This is the direction of heat transfer with systems of temperature.
What is from warmer to cooler objects?
500
Condensed water vapor in the atmosphere falling back to Earth in the form of rain, hail, sleet, or snow.
What is precipitation?
500
This is the measure of the force per unit of air molecules in the atomosphere at a given altitude?
What is atmospheric pressure?
500
This saint married people in secret after a Roman emperor forbade his soldiers to marry.
Who is St. Valentine?