What is This Sphere?
Sphere Interactions 1
Sphere Interactions 2
Earth's Atmosphere
100
An Ant lives in this sphere.
Your Aunt lives in this sphere.
ALL LIVING THINGS LIVE IN THIS SPHERE
BIOsphere
100
This part of Earth's surface is where water is in solid form, including sea ice, lake ice, river ice, snow cover, glaciers, etc. This sphere is called the______
cryosphere
100
What spheres are interacting in this photo?
biosphere (penguin)(eating fish)
hydrosphere (water is seen in the bottom)
geosphere (mountains in the background)
cryosphere (snow on top of rocks)(penguins live in icy/cold habitats)
100
What is the first layer of the atmosphere?
the troposphere
200
The HYDROsphere is all of Earth's _______
The hydrosphere is all of Earth's WATER
200
Meteors burn up here
Special lightning called sprites
Noctilucent clouds form over north and south poles
The phrases above describe what layer of the atmosphere?
mesosphere
200
Which layer in the Earth's atmosphere contains weather?
troposphere
200
Which layer in the Earth's atmosphere is where the OZONE LAYER resides...?
stratosphere
300
This sphere is in charge of keeping Earth as a closed system
ATMOsphere
300
In both of these, the biosphere is limited greatly by the interaction or lack of interaction with another of Earth's spheres. What sphere is that?
Both environments have interaction or lack of interaction with the hydrosphere (water)
300
Which 2 spheres mainly interact with the Earth's water cycle?
atmosphere and hydrosphere
water evaporates, condenses, and precipitates
300
Which layer in our atmosphere is the coldest?
mesosphere
400
Describe Earth's GEOsphere
Answers vary***
Ground, Green, Rock...
400
The interaction between which two spheres impacts global ocean temperatures MOST, affecting the formation and melting of polar ice?
atmosphere (air)
+
hydropshere (water)
400
What is the purpose of our Ozone Layer?
The ozone layer helps to block out harmful ultraviolet radiation.
Scientist claim the ozone layer is critical for all life on Earth.
It protects our planet.
400
Most of the X-rays are absorbed in which layer of Earth's atmosphere?
thermosphere
500
Name Earth's 5 spheres
ATMOsphere
BIOsphere
HYDROsphere
CRYOsphere
GEOsphere
500
The photo above is a Wind Turbine which is used to harvest energy from what sphere? This energy produces electricity for the use of which sphere?
Energy is harvested from the atmosphere and the electricity is used in the geosphere.
500
What is the largest layer of the atmosphere?
thermosphere
500
Name each of Earth's atmosphere layers (5)
- mesosphere
- stratosphere
- thermosphere
- troposphere
- exosphere