Vocab
Solid surface and interior of earth
Lithosphere
How many layers is the Earth made up of?
three layers
Climate and weather are basically the same thing. True or False?
False!
Water falling from the sky is what?
Precipitation
What animal is known for eating bamboo
Pandas
Single landmass on Earth that began 200 million years ago
Pangaea
What is the largest layer of the Earth?
Mantle
What are the names of the first organisms that lived on Earth?
Cyanobacteria
How do scientists measure how old a tree is?
Count it's rings in the stump
Voldemort
The lighter crust that makes up the continents
Continental crust
What is the hottest layer of the Earth?
The core
What are all three parts of the biosphere and where are they located?
Lithosphere land, hydrosphere water, atmosphere air
Water drying up and the molecules starting to go up to the clouds?
Evaporation
What is the name of the position in American football, where the player's main job is to catch the ball?
Wide Receiver
The parts of earth where living things are found
Biosphere
Earth's earliest lifeforms emerged in__________
The oceans
The equator separates the earth in to two ___________________
Hemispheres (North and South)
Why do scientists study rocks to learn about the past?
Because they're old and store a lot of information in their layers
Who was Blackbeard? What kind of historical figure was he?
A Pirate captain!
Layer of earth that surrounds the core
Mantle
what can result from plate movement?
Earthquakes
Wind that blows from the equator out to the poles are turned because Earth
On an Axis
Water becoming a cloud is what, in the water cycle?
Condensation!
What type of historical figures were Billy the kid and Jesse James?
Cowboys