Atmospheric Layers
Earth's Spheres
Vocabulary
Interactions
Prefix Names
100

Layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs.

What is the troposhere?

100

Sphere where all life on Earth is found.

What is the biosphere?

100

To identify differences between (two or more things or people).

What is differentiate?

100

In order to get from the cryosphere to the hydrosphere this must occur. 

What is melting. 

100

The prefix "atmo-".

What is air?

200

Layer of the atmosphere where the ozone layer is found.

What is the stratosphere?

200

Sphere where all layers of gas surround the Earth.

What is atmosphere?

200

Communication or direct involvement with someone or something

What is interaction?

200

The interaction of these two spheres form clouds.

What is the hydrosphere and atmosphere?

200

The prefix "geo-".

What is Earth?

300

4th layer of the atmosphere?

What is the thermosphere?

300

Sphere where all liquid water is found.

What is hydrosphere?

300

protect (something) by interposing material that prevents the loss of heat.

What is insulate?

300

A woman is walking along the sidewalk and her hair is blowing in the breeze, identify the spheres.

What is the geosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere. 

300

The prefix "bio-".

What is life?

400

Third layer of the atmosphere.

What is the mesosphere?

400

Sphere where all solid water (ice/snow) is found.

What is cryosphere?

400

Layer in the earth's stratosphere, which absorbs most of the harmful radiation reaching the earth from the sun.


What is ozone layer?

400

Identify the spheres in this scenario: A plant takes in carbon dioxide and water through its roots from underground to perform photosynthesis, which provides the plant with food.

What is the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere?

400

The prefix "hydro-".

What is water?

500

The most abundant gases in the atmosphere.

What are nitrogen and oxygen?

500

Sphere where all rocks, landforms, etc. are found.

What is geosphere?

500

When greenhouse gases in a planet's atmosphere trap some of the heat radiated from the planet's surface, raising its temperature.

What is the greenhouse effect?

500

The atmosphere reflects some of the sun’s energy, absorbs some, and traps some near Earth’s surface. Most scientists think that human activity has been enhancing the greenhouse effect.  Which of these explains the greenhouse effect on Earth....

What is energy is trapped in the atmosphere?

500

The prefix "cryo-".

What is ice?