Earth Systems
This system includes every living organism on Earth, from plants and animals to tiny microbes.
What is the biosphere?
This is the name for the warming of Earth’s atmosphere caused by certain gases trapping heat.
What is the greenhouse effect?
This spinning column of air touches both the ground and a thundercloud.
What is a tornado?
This theory suggests that a giant space rock hit Earth, causing massive changes to the environment.
What is the asteroid theory?
This is the name for the long-term change in temperature, precipitation, and weather patterns on Earth.
What is climate change?
Clouds, rain, and snow are part of this system, which includes all water in all its forms.
What is the hydrosphere?
This greenhouse gas is released when we burn fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas.
What is carbon dioxide (CO₂)?
A huge ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption.
What is volcanic activity?
This weather tech orbits the earth to provide images of clouds and storms
What is a weather satellite?
This Earth system is made up of all the solid land, rocks, and the Earth's interior layers. Give both of its names!
What is Geosphere and Lithosphere?
Cows and other animals release this greenhouse gas when they digest their food.
What is methane (CH₄)?
This massive storm forms over warm ocean water and has strong winds, heavy rain, and a calm center called the eye.
What is a hurricane?
This theory suggests that the temperature might've help cause extinction?
What is worldwide climate change?
This technology uses radio waves to detect precipitation, wind speed, and storm movement, typically used by meteorologists to track severe weather.
What is weather radar?
When a volcano erupts and releases gases into the air, it’s an interaction between these two systems.
What are the geosphere and the atmosphere?
Cutting down lots of trees can increase climate change because it reduces this process that trees use to remove CO₂.
What is photosynthesis?
Tsunamis are not caused by weather. What natural events usually cause them, and why are they so dangerous?
What are earthquakes or volcanic eruptions; they are dangerous because they can arrive with little warning and flood coastal areas quickly.
What is the dust caused by both events blocked the sun light
The 7'R's (Reduce... Reuse...)
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse, Repair, Regift, Rot
A hurricane forms over warm ocean water and knocks down trees and power lines. Name the 3 Earth systems interacting in this event.
What are the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere?
Burning fossil fuels adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. Explain how this affects Earth's energy balance and leads to global warming.
What is: Carbon dioxide traps more heat in the atmosphere by preventing some of the Sun’s energy from escaping back into space, causing the planet to warm over time.
Both hurricanes and tornadoes are powerful storms, but they differ in size and formation. Compare how each storm forms and how they affect the areas they hit.
Hurricanes form over warm ocean waters, last for days or even weeks, and can cause widespread flooding and wind damage. Tornadoes form on land, often in association with severe thunderstorms, and last only minutes to an hour, but can cause very intense localized damage due to their extreme wind speeds.
Mr. Campbell's favourite dinosaur (He was born in Calgary)
What is the Albertosaurus
The average annual temperature in Calgary has changed by how much since 1970
What is 1.9 degrees Celcius?