chapter 3 key terms

Question 1

geosphere

Answer 1

Any spherical concentric parts that make up the Earth

Question 2

hydrosphere

Answer 2

All the water that is on the Earth’s surface like oceans, lakes, even clouds above.

Question 3

crust

Answer 3

Crust is the most outer shell of the Earth, we are on top of the crust but the crust protects the layers underneath.

Question 4

mantle

Answer 4

The most solid part of the Earth’s interior, it separates the crust and the core

Question 5

core

Answer 5

The inside of the Earth beyond all the layers, it is the most hot and dense center of our planet.

Question 6

lithosphere

Answer 6

The solid outer part of the Earth that includes the brittle upper mantle of the crust, the more weaker parts.

Question 7

asthenosphere

Answer 7

The denser weaker layer before the lithospheric mantle

Question 8

tectonic plate

Answer 8

The plates that make of the Earth’s upper lithosphere, they were formed 3.5 billion years ago.

Question 9

chemical

Answer 9

A substance that can have different reactions upon something.

Question 10

weathering

Answer 10

The process of something fading away over time or worn out with atmosphereic exposure.

Question 11

erosion

Answer 11

Something like rocks that fade away over time due to natural resources like wind, water, other rocks, etc…

Question 12

atmosphere

Answer 12

The out most layer on Earth that protects us from toxic chemicals from the sun like UV rays, it maintains temperature and pressure also.

Question 13

troposphere

Answer 13

The lowest region of the atmosphere and contains 75 percent of the Earth’s total mass.

Question 14

stratosphere

Answer 14

The layer above 32 miles above the Earth’s surface above the troposphere.

Question 15

ozone

Answer 15

The layer that contains the Earth’s most toxic gases like harmful rays from the sun and harmful chemicals.

Question 16

radiation

Answer 16

Emissions of electromagnetic energy and electromagnetic waves.

Question 17

conduction

Answer 17

Heat or electricity can be transported through a metallic substance.

Question 18

convection

Answer 18

A movement in a fluid that can result in transfers in heat.

Question 19

greenhouse effect

Answer 19

The sun’s warmth that is trapped under the Earth’s atmosphere and provides enough warm for us to live.

Question 20

water cycle

Answer 20

The cycle of water that is believed that all water will end up in the Earth’s oceans.

Question 21

evaporation

Answer 21

The process of liquid to turn into vapor.

Question 22

condensation

Answer 22

Water that collects like droplets when enough humidity is involved after precipitation.

Question 23

precipitation

Answer 23

A precipitating substance from a solution like rain or snow.

Question 24

salinity

Answer 24

A degree being saline

Question 25

fresh water

Answer 25

Water not from the sea but from clean lakes.

Question 26

biosphere

Answer 26

Regions on Earth occupied by living organisms.