Earth's Systems
What are the 4 main spheres of Earth?
Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Geosphere
Name one of the three main types of rocks.
Answer could be ...
Igneous, Sedimentary, or Metamorphic
What is the first step of the scientific method?
Make an observation
Name one animal that lives in the Chesapeake Bay.
Variety of answers, could include:
Blue crab, oyster, heron, striped bass
What are the three main states of matter?
Solid, liquid, gas
Which layer (NOT SPHERE) of the Earth do we live on?
The Crust
What kind of rock forms in layers, often from sand or mud?
Sedimentary Rock
What is a hypothesis?
An educated prediction that is testable
What kind of water does the Chesapeake Bay have?
Salt water and fresh water
(also know as brackish water)
What is matter?
The stuff your made of
Anything that has mass and takes up space
What sphere to clouds belong to?
The Atmosphere
What kind of rock forms from lava or magma?
Igneous Rock
Name all the steps of the scientific method.
Observation, Question, Hypothesis, Experiment, Data Analysis, Conclusion
Why are oysters important to the Bay?
They clean the water by filtering it.
What is the difference between mass and weight?
Weight has to do with gravity
Which layer of the Earth is made of hot, melted rock?
The Mantle
What is the name of the process where rocks are broken into smaller pieces?
Weathering or Erosion
Why is it important to only change one variable in an experiment?
So you know what caused the result
How do people affect the health of the Chesapeake Bay?
Pollution, overfishing, habitat destruction
What are the two properties of matter that differ between the different states?
Shape and Volume
How do Earth’s spheres interact during a volcanic eruption?
Magma from the geosphere erupts and affects the atmosphere by creating gas, the biosphere by disrupting plant and animal life, and the hydrosphere if it occurs near water.
Explain how a sedimentary rock could eventually become a metamorphic rock.
Over time, layers of sediment are compacted into rock, and then heat and pressure change it into metamorphic rock.
What do you call the part of an experiment that stays the same?
The Control
What is a watershed?
An area where all water drains into the same place
What does the Law of Conservation of Mass tell us?
Matter cannot be created or destroyed