Earth's Spheres
What spheres interact when water erodes the soil?
Hydrosphere (rain) to Geosphere (soil)
How much fresh water is on the planet including what is available in glaciers and underground?
3 percent
How many hours does it take for the earth to rotate one time?
24 hours
What is a primary producer?
Plants
What gives their mass?
Water and air
What spheres interact when microorganisms clean the water at the water treatment plant?
Biosphere (microorganisms) to hydrosphere (clean water)
How much freshwater is actually available - found in rivers, lakes and streams?
How many days does it take for Earth to orbit the sun?
365 days
Where does all energy begin?
The sun
What spheres interact when businesses pollute the river and kill fish?
Biosphere (humans polluting water) to Hydrosphere (river polluted) which kills the biosphere (fish and plants) in the river
How does a water treatment plant help fish in the lake?
Cleans the water so the fish aren't affected
What is a primary consumer?
Something that eats plants
What spheres interact when humans cause global warming from burning fossil fuels, which warms the ocean, which kills coral reefs?
Biosphere (humans) to geosphere (fossil fuels) to atmosphere (releasing carbon into the air) to hydrosphere (warming ocean) to biosphere (killing coral reefs)
What is an area where there is not enough oxygen for fish or plants to live in the water because of farming runoff?
dead zone
What is a secondary consumer?
Something that eats a primary consumer.
Data centers for the internet and AI using water a lot of water.
Biosphere (humans building and using data centers) to hydrosphere (using water)
Bacteria, fungi and other microoranisms that live off of dead plants and animals and return the nutrients to the soil.
Decomposers