The Spheres of Earth
What is the part of Earth that has all the water, like oceans, rivers, and lakes?
Hydrosphere
What are the very large pieces of Earth's outer layer that are always moving slowly?
Tectonic Plates
What is the phase of the Moon when we cannot see any of it because the sun is shining on the other side?
New Moon
What is water that falls from the sky, like rain, snow, or hail?
Precipitation
There is a channel on the surface of Mars that could have been formed from natural processes of flowing what?
Flowing water or lava.
What is the part of Earth that has all the air and gases around us?
Atmosphere
What is the name for the supercontinent that existed a long, long time ago when all the continents were joined together?
Pangaea
What is the phase of the Moon when we can see the whole Moon lit up?
Full Moon
What is the movement of air from one place to another?
Wind
Novae are domed landforms on which planet?
Venus
What is the part of Earth that has all the living things, like plants, animals, and people?
Biosphere
What is the shaking of the Earth's surface caused by the sudden movement of tectonic plates?
Earthquake
About how many days does it take for the Moon to go through all its phases and come back to the beginning?
About 29-30 days
What is the process where water vapor in the air turns back into tiny liquid water droplets, forming clouds?
Condensation
Rocks are classified by how they are formed. What are the 3 classifications of rocks?
Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
What is the part of Earth that has all the land, like mountains and dirt (The non-living things)?
Geosphere
What is a mountain that can erupt with hot melted rock, ash, and gases?
Volcano
Explain why the Moon seems to make its own light, even though it can not.
The Moon reflect light from the sun
Explain how clouds are formed.
Warm, moist air rises, then cools, and the water vapor condenses into tiny droplets
Igneous rocks are made from melting rock. In which layer of Earth does this occur?
Mantle
How does the sun's energy make water move between the hydrosphere and the atmosphere?
The sun makes water evaporate from oceans and turn into clouds
What is the difference between a divergent plate boundary and a convergent plate boundary?
The plates move apart at divergent boundaries, and come together at convergent boundaries
Describe the difference between a "waxing" Moon and a "waning" Moon.
A waxing Moon growing bigger (more light), and a waning Moon getting smaller (less light)
How are weather and climate different?
Weather is what it's like outside right now, and climate is the usual weather over a long time
Sedimentary rocks are made from the weathering of rock materials. In which layer of Earth does this occur?
Crust/surface