Earth's Spheres

Sphere's 1

100

The layer of the Earth that includes living organisms

What is biosphere?

200

97% of water is found in this sphere

What is hydrosphere?

300

78% of this sphere is Nitrogen

What is atmosphere?

400

Sphere that only deals with water itself:

Hydrosphere

500

List all 4 spheres

What is Biosphere Hydrosphere Geosphere and Atmosphere ?

Sphere's 2

100

This sphere includes all the air around the earth

What is the atmosphere?

200

This sphere includes all the liquid water on earth.

What is hydrosphere?

300

 glaciers and ice caps are part of this sphere

Hydrosphere

400

Mountains and boulders would deal with which sphere? 

Geosphere

500

Humans and plants would be apart of which sphere? 

Biosphere

Vocabulary

100

A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and pressure. 

Air Mass

200

weathered rock moving from one place to another

What is Erosion? 

300

The area where the masses meet and do not mix.

Front

400

layers of solid and molten rock, dirt, and soil on Earth

what is geosphere?

500

the condition of the atmosphere at a given place and time

what is weather?

Interacting Spheres

100

Sometimes fires burn down large areas of forests that are part of the biosphere. Which of Earth’s other system is MOST likely to be affected? A.geosphere B. cryosphere C. atmosphere D. hydrosphere

What is C? Atmosphere

200

Which of these parts of the Earth system are interacting when Florida’s orange trees grow? A. Biosphere, hydrosphere, & atmosphere B. Geosphere, cryosphere,& atmosphere C. Biosphere, hydrosphere, & cryosphere D. Cryosphere, atmosphere, & hydrosphere

What is A? Biosphere, hydrosphere, & atmosphere

300

Amber is walking down the sidewalk & the wind is blowing her hair & skirt. Which parts of the Earth system are interacting? A. hydrosphere and geosphere B. atmosphere and biosphere C. cryosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere D. geosphere, cryosphere, and atmosphere

What is B? atmosphere & biosphere

400

While out on a walk by the river Emanuel noticed a bird fishing in the water and a raccoon feeding on the bank river. Which statement best describes an interaction of the spheres he is looking at? A. The biosphere gets matter from the atmosphere B. The geosphere gets energy from the atmosphere C. The biosphere get matter from the hydrosphere D. The atmosphere gets energy from the hydrosphere.

What is C? the biosphere gets matter from the hydrosphere

500

Rico is at the beach watching the waves. Which of these parts of the Earth system interacts with the hydrosphere to produce the waves at the beach? A. biosphere B. geosphere C. cryosphere D. atmosphere

What is D? Atmosphere

Miscellaneous

100

Warm air masses form in the tropics and have low air pressure. 

Tropical 

200

When a rapidly moving cold air mass runs into a slowly moving air mass, the denser cold air slides under the lighter warm air. 

Cold Fronts

300

Sometimes cold and warm air masses meet but neither one has enough force to move

Stationary Fronts

400

A moving warm air mass collides with a slowly moving cold air mass. 

Warm Fronts

500

strongest type of thunderstorm

what is a tornado?