It is made up of all the trees and living things on Earth.
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What is the Cryosphere made up of?
It is made up of all the Earth's ice.
From the Greek κρύος cryos "cold", "frost" or "ice" and σφαῖρα sphaira, "globe, ball".
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What is the Lithosphere made up of?
It is made of all the Earth's rock.
Ancient Greek: λίθος [lithos] for "rocky", and σφαῖρα [sphaira] for "sphere")
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What is the Hydrosphere made up of?
it is made up of all the Earth's water.
Greek: ὕδωρ - hudōr, "water"[1] and σφαῖρα - sphaira, "sphere".
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What is an Atmosphere?
It is all of the gasses pulled to a planet by gravity.
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True or False: The cryosphere includes solid water.
True. The cryosphere contains all of the Earth's ice.
200
True or False: The cryosphere includes solid water.
True. The cryosphere is made up of the Earth's ice.
200
True or False: The lithosphere involves your rock collection.
True. The lithosphere is made up of the Earth's rocks.
200
True or False: The Hydrosphere includes the Great Lakes.
True. The Great Lakes are made up of water and water in included in the Hydrosphere.
200
True or False: During a meteor shower, the streak of light behind the meteor is caused by the meteor entering the Earth's atmosphere.
True. Earth's atmosphere slows down the meteor while it travels at 45mps causing heavy friction.
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How does water pass through the biosphere?
It passes through the air as water vapor, through the water as runoff, and through the ground as groundwater.
300
Name 3 elements of the cryosphere.
Snow, hail, and sleet.
300
When your mom got engaged, she got a diamond ring. On the Mohs scale, how hard is her ring?
Her ring is a 10. Diamond can cut through most minerals.
300
The Kool-Aid you had this morning is mainly _______?
Water.
300
What layer of the Earth's atmosphere protects us fron the harmful ray of the Sun?
The Ozone layer.
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How are people destroying the biosphere? How can we help save the biosphere?
People destroy the biosphere by cutting down trees and creating pollution through gasoline combustion and littering. We can help by recycling and biking to places. The environment and you will benefit!
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How does water pass through the cryosphere?
Water freezes when it condenses, precipitating snow, hail, or sleet.
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How does water pass through the Lithosphere?
It flows through the ground as groundwater. Groundwater can help make rocks.
400
Most of our body can be classified in what sphere?
The Hydrosphere. Over 50% of our bodies are made out of water. Our brains are maid up of over 85% water.
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How does water pass through the atmosphere?
Water evaporates into the atmosphere, condensates in the atmosphere, and precipitates form the atmosphere.
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How are people helping the biosphere grow?
Replanting trees and breeding endangered animals that lost their homes due to deforestation.
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How does the cryosphere help the Snowshoe Rabbit?
Snow helps it camouflage in the winter.
500
Name the three categories of rocks.
Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary.
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How many forms of matter can water take?
All three. Solid as an Ice cube. Liquid as plain water. Gas as water vapor.
500
Riddle: I'm at the top of the atmosphere. Thermos is my name. Beautiful Auroras and Satellites. They are part of my game. Which layer am I?