Geosphere
This is what makes up the geosphere of the Earth.
What is rock, soil, and sediments.
This makes up the biosphere of Earth.
What are all living things?
What are evaporation, condensation, and precipitation?
This is the second most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere.
What is oxygen?
What are the hydrosphere and atmosphere?
This compositional layer of the Earth makes up roughly 64% of the planet's mass.
What are the mantle?
The biosphere contains this part of the geosphere.
What is the uppermost part?
This zone of the oceans is 300-700m deep and where the temperature drops with increase depth.
What is the thermocline zone?
This layer of the Earth is where most weather happens.
What is the troposphere?
These two spheres interact when organisms decompose.
What are the biosphere and geosphere?
This physical layer of the Earth is made of liquid nickel and iron.
What is the outer core?
The requirements for life are liquid water, an energy source, and _____________.
What are temperatures between 10-40 degrees C?
These are the five main oceans on Earth.
What are the Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, and Southern oceans?
This layer of the atmosphere is the coldest.
What is the mesosphere?
These two spheres interact when volcanoes erupt.
What are the geosphere and atmosphere?
Tectonic plates slide across this physical layer of the Earth.
What is the asthenosphere?
This is always entering the biosphere.
What is energy from the sun?
Fresh water on Earth is found mostly in the icecaps and ___________.
What are glaciers?
This molecule resides in the stratosphere and absorbs UV radiation to heat the air.
What is ozone?
These two spheres interact when clouds form.
What are the atmosphere and hydrosphere?
This tectonic plate contains a majority of the world's volcanoes and has frequent earthquake activity.
What is the Pacific tectonic plate?
The Earth was representative of this type of system when it was colliding with comets.
What is an open system?
Groundwater on Earth is mostly found in _______________.
What are aquifers?
The three types of energy transfer are transfer through currents, across space, and __________________.
What is through physical contact?
These three spheres interact when trees develop roots.
What are the biosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere?