Water Cycle
How many steps are in the water cycle?
What are some examples of landforms?
Coastline, dune, mountains, hills, valleys, and cave
A hole sunk into the ground to reach a supply of water.
Well
Which of these situations are best suited for using a GIS map. Traffic Flow, Flood Zones, Crop Health
Traffic Flow and Flood Zones
What are the 3 parts in the geosphere?
The core, mantle, crust
Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
Precipitation
Which one is a landform Castle Rock or Mississippi River?
Castle Rock
The change of state from a gas to a liquid
Condensation
What is a GIS map?
It shows property line and habitats of different species.
How does the geosphere effect the atmosphere?
The geosphere helps it by reflecting the sun's energy from earth to the atmosphere.
What is the order of the water cycle that it moves in?
Evaporation, Transportation, Condensation, Precipitation
A feature on the surface of earth such as a coastline, dune or mountain.
Landform
The land area that supplies water to a river system.
Watershed
The shape of the land determined by elevation, relief, and landform.
Topography
How many layers does the atmosphere have?
6
The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gas.
Evaporation
A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake.
Delta
A line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake.
Coastline
What does topography maps have?
They have contour lines to show elevation, relief, and slopes.
Name 3 things that you can find in the cryosphere?
Ice, snow, glaciers
The process by which water is lost through a plants leaves?
Transpiration
How many landforms are there?
There is at least 4 landforms
The relatively thin layer of gases that forms earth's outermost layer.
Atmosphere
Which tool helps create maps? It was a vocabulary word.
Surveying
How does the hydrosphere help the biosphere?
The hydrosphere helps the biosphere by giving it water.