Earth's Spheres
This is Greek word for water?
Hydro
How do humans interact with the atmosphere?
They breath in air.
This part of the water cycle can come in rain, hail, sleet, or snow.
Precipitation.
What is an aquifer?
An aquifer is a space underground that holds water.
When water falls from the sky?
Precipitation
Rocks are part of the biosphere - True of false?
False. Rocks are part of the geosphere
People ONLY interact with the hydrosphere by drinking water - True or false?
False. People also use water for cooking, swimming, farming, etc.
When it rains, water goes STRAIGHT into the ocean - True or false?
False. Water can fall anywhere on Earth, not just the ocean.
An aquifer CAN run out of water - True of false?
True. This is why it is important to conserve water.
When tiny water droplets form, cool, and make clouds?
Condensation.
What is the Greek word for ground?
Geo
Animals do not interact with the geosphere - True or false?
False. Many animals depend on the geosphere for shelter.
The ____ is the driving source of the water cycle. Without it, the water cycle would not happen
Where does the water in an aquifer come from?
The water comes from rain, that soaks into the ground, filling in the air pockets or spaces that are underground.
When water evaporates and leaves from plants?
Transpiration
Clouds are part of the atmosphere - True or false?
True
Two spheres can NOT interact with one another - true or false?
False. Earth's sphere's are constantly interacting.
The process of water moving on, above, and through the earth, is known as what?
The water cycle.
What Latin word means 'to hold'?
fer
When water collects in a large body of water.
Accumulation
Which sphere contains all of Earth's water?
Hydrosphere
How do humans interact with the biosphere?
People interact with the biosphere in many ways (cutting down trees, mowing the lawn, taking pictures of nature, etc.)
Which sphere prevents water from escaping into space?
The atmosphere
Water moves through the ground filling up the spaces. What is the TOP of the the aquifer referred to as?
The water table.
When the sun's heat turns liquid into water vapor?
Evaporation