Energy Transfer
What is the process called when energy moves from one object to another?
What is energy transfer?
What are the four major Earth systems?
What are the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere?
What is the difference between weather and climate?
What is weather is short-term and climate is long-term patterns?
What is a renewable resource?
What is a resource that can be replenished naturally?
What are some natural events that change the Earth's surface?
What are earthquakes, volcanoes, and erosion?
Name one type of energy that can be transferred through motion.
What is kinetic energy?
How does water cycle through the Earth systems?
What is evaporation, condensation, and precipitation?
Name one tool used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
Name one nonrenewable resource.
What is fossil fuels?
How do plants affect soil erosion?
What is they help hold the soil in place?
How is thermal energy transferred between objects?
What is conduction, convection, and radiation?
Give an example of how living things interact with the geosphere.
What is plants growing in the soil?
What causes wind?
What is the uneven heating of Earth's surface?
How can we conserve natural resouces?
What is the recycling, reducing waste, and using less energy?
What is the rock cycle?
What is the process of rocks changing from one type to another?
What is the relationship between energy and temperature?
What is higher energy usually means higher temperature?
How do human activities impact Earth's systems?
What is pollution and habitat destruction?
Explain how clouds form.
What is when water vapor cools and condenses?
What is the importance of water as a resource?
What is it is essential for life and many human activities?
Explain how glaciers change the landscape.
What is they carve out valleys and reshape landforms?
Explain how energy from the sun affects the Earth’s systems.
What is it drives weather patterns and photosynthesis?
Describe how the atmosphere affects weather
What is it influences temperature, precipitation, and wind patterns?
What are the effects of climate change on the planet?
What are rising sea levels, extreme weather, and habitat loss?
Discuss the impact of mining on Earth's resources.
What is it can lead to habitat destruction and pollution?
Describe how human actions can lead to changes in the Earth.
What is urban development, deforestation, and pollution?