Earth’s Spheres
The Water Cycle
Mapping the Land
The Aquifer
Visuals
100
This sphere is the thin envelope of gases that surrounds the Earth and contains our weather.
What is the Atmosphere?
100
This is the specific name for the process where plants give off water vapor through their leaves.
What is transpiration?
100
This term refers to the height of a point above or below sea level.
What is elevation?
100
This prehistoric event created the thick layers of gravel and rock that hold water in the Rathdrum Prairie.
What were the Ice Age Floods? / Missoula Flood.
100
Which maps show a very steep slope and very gradual slope?
What is Map b and Map1.
200
This system contains all of Earth’s living things.
What is the Biosphere?
200
About 97% of the Earth’s hydrosphere is made up of this type of water.
What is saltwater?
200
These lines are used on a topographic map to model elevation, relief, and slope.
What are contour lines?
200
In an aquifer, these three natural materials act like "marbles" to hold water underground.
What are sand, gravel, and rock?
200
What maps show 2 distinct high points or peaks?
Map A / Map 3
300
This sphere includes the inner metal core, the rocky mantle, and the crust.
What is the Geosphere?
300
Main driver that provides the energy for cycles of matter in Earth's systems.
What is heat (from the Sun & earth)
300
This map is used for visualizing the contours and elevations of a landform.
What is a topographical map?
300
This is considered the biggest threat to the water quality of the Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer.
What is surface pollution (oil, chemicals, fertilizers)?
300
This sub-sphere is where water exists in its solid form, such as ice and glaciers.
What is the Cryosphere?
400
This sphere is technically a sub-part of the hydrosphere and contains all of Earth’s frozen water.
What is the Cryosphere?
400
This is the percentage of Earth’s water that is saltwater, leaving only 3% as freshwater.
What is 97%?
400
If contour lines on a map are spaced very far apart, it indicates this type of slope or terrain.
What is a gradual (or flat) slope?
400
Because the aquifer is filled with porous materials, it behaves like this household object by "soaking up" water.
What is a sponge?
400
On a topographic map, when contour lines are placed very close together or touching, it represents what landform?
What is a cliff?
500
Earth is considered this, which is defined as a group of parts that work together as a whole.
What is a system?
500
In what way does the geosphere add water to the water cycle?
It allows water to evaporate from the soil.
500
This term describes the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest points of an area.
What is relief?
500
Why does pollution reach the aquifer so easily compared to other water sources?
Because the ground is porous/permeable (water sinks quickly through the gravel).
500
Identify two spheres interacting in the water cycle: when a plant (Biosphere) releases water vapor into the air. BONUS: What is this process called? 
What are the Biosphere and Atmosphere?
BONUS: TRANSPIRATION