The Geosphere
The Greek root word meaning "earth"
What is Geo?
The Greek root meaning "water"
What is hydro?
Greek word meaning "vapor"
What is atmos?
Greek root meaning "life"
What is bio?
A rock that is formed when one rock undergoes a change such as pressure or heat
What is a metamorphic rock?
The thinnest layer of the Earth
What is the crust?
Water found beneath the surface of the Earth
What is groundwater?
The gas compromising the most of the atmosphere
What is nitrogen?
Sustains all life on Earth
What is the biosphere?
This rock is formed when particles are deposited, cemented, and compacted
What are sedimentary rocks?
The three forms in which water can be found
What are solid, liquid, and gas?
The process by which the Earth's atmosphere retains heat
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
True or False: Plants are not part of the biosphere
False
These rocks are crystalized and cooled molten rock
What are igneous rocks?
Water in the form of ice
What is the cryosphere?
Layer of Earth's atmosphere that protects again UV radiation
What is the ozone?
True or false: rocks are part of the biosphere
True
The main cause of earth's ever-changing features
What are tectonic plates?
The never-ending movement of water
The water cycle
Makes up 21% of Earth's atmosphere
What is oxygen?