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Earth's Layers
Fundamental Forces
Earth System Science
Heat Transfer
Earth's Cycles
100
The outermost layer, comprised of light elements and rock
What is crust
100
The strongest fundamental force
What is strong nuclear force
100
The sphere containing all life on earth
What is biosphere
100
The three types of heat transfer
What is convection, conduction, radiation
100
The three main parts of the water cycle
What is evaporation, condensation, precipitation
200
The solid layer of earth's core, due to extremely high pressure
What is inner core
200
This FF depends on mass and distance between objects
What is gravity
200
The sphere containing the lithosphere.
What is geosphere?
200
Heat that travels in waves through space
What is radiation
200
The earth's largest store of carbon
What is oceans
300
This layer creates our magnetic field
What is outer core
300
This FF is associated with radioactivity (beta decay, nuclear weapons, etc.)
What is weak nuclear force
300
All liquid water on earth; all solid water on earth (two answers, must be in correct order)
What is hydrosphere; cryosphere
300
Heat which travels in currents through liquids or gases
What is convection
300
This is one of two components in fertilizer and is found in rocks
What is phosphorus
400
This layer of the mantle exhibits plasticity and contains the convection currents
What is asthenosphere?
400
This FF deals with attraction between positive and negative charges
What is electromagnetism
400
The gases which envelope the earth
What is atmosphere?
400
Heat which travels through direct contact
What is conduction
400
Humans release carbon into the atmosphere by burning these
What is fossil fuels
500
This layer is made up of the crust and the top of the mantle.
What is lithosphere?
500
This FF is responsible for keeping planets in orbit
What is gravity
500
The sphere that the phosphorus cycle does not enter.
What is the atmosphere?
500
Boiling water is an example of ___________
What is convection
500
This takes place when nitrogen is fixed and can be used by plants
What is nitrification