The prefix "bio" comes from a Greek word that means what?
Life!
In which sphere did life begin?
Hydrosphere
An examples of an connection between atmosphere and hydrosphere are...
a) lakes
b) rivers
c) rocks
d) rain
d) rain
What do we call massive pieces of slow moving ice?
Glaciers!
True or False!
Humans have explored most of the Earth's Oceans...
False - 5% of Earth's oceans have been explored and charted.
What do we call FRESH water that lies beneath the Earth's surface?
Groundwater!
Approximately how much of our planet is covered by water?
70%
This picture describes which connection.
Hydrosphere-Geosphere
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Ocean zones are based on...
How deep the water is!
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How much of our Earth's water is freshwater?
How much of our Earth's water is salt water?
3%
97%
Wind is part of what sphere of Earth?
Atmosphere!
A thunderstorm is a connection between:
Atmosphere-Hydrosphere
Cold dry air, updraft, warm moist air=thunderstorm
When animals make their own light, it's called...
bioluminenscence!
Why is the aphotic zone of the ocean also called the midnight zone?
There is no sunlight!
The four spheres of Earth...
a) exist only on other planets
b) are all connected
c) having nothing to do with one another
b) are fictional
b) are all connected
Who studies the hydrosphere?
Oceanographers!
Which spheres are interacting in the picture below?
Biosphere-Atmosphere-Geosphere
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True or False!
There are no living things in the deepest parts of the ocean.
False!
Geo =
Earth, ground, all the land on Earth, non-living
Who studies the Geosphere?
a) meteorologists
b) geologists
c) biologists
b) geologists
Which spheres are interacting in the picture below!
Biosphere-geosphere
Does every planet have a biosphere?
No! Earth is the only one we know of so far.
Oceanographers divide the oceans into special areas called...
Zones