Earth’s major Systems Lessons 1 and 2

Question 1

-the layer of gasses surround Earth

Answer 1

Atmosphere

Question 2

-Earth’s water, whether found on continents or oceans, including freshwater in glaciers, lakes, or rivers and underground

Answer 2

Hydrosphere

Question 3

-the part of the Earth in which living things exist and interact

Answer 3

Biosphere

Question 4

-the layers of rock, dirt, and soil on Earth, including the mantle, core and crust

Answer 4

Geosphere

Question 5

-Earth’s solid, rocky surface

Answer 5

Crust

Question 6

-the layer of Earth beneath the crust

Answer 6

Mantle

Question 7

-the central part of Earth

Answer 7

Core

Question 8

-the slow movement of the continents over many years

Answer 8

Continental drift

Question 9

-scientific theory that Earth’s crust is made of moving plates

Answer 9

Tectonic plates

Question 10

-a pattern or crack in the rocks of Earth’s crust where movement can take place

Answer 10

Fault

Question 11

-The atmosphere contains____________which plants need it to make food

Answer 11

Biosphere

Question 12

-The___________protects living things in biosphere

Answer 12

Ozone layer

Question 13

-The____________influences weather patterns

Answer 13

Geosphere

Question 14

-A__________scientist who examines rocks to find out about Earth’s history and structure

Answer 14

Geologist

Question 15

_______________thought Earth’s continents were a giant jigsaw puzzle

Answer 15

Alfred Wegener

Question 16

____________theory describes the lithosphere as being made of huge plates of solid rock

Answer 16

Plate tectonics

Question 17

_____________is the squeezing or a pushing together of the crust

Answer 17

Compression

Question 18

-When a plate is compressed, the crust is forced upward, producing

Answer 18

Folded mountains

Question 19

Rock break down and become

Answer 19

Sediment

Question 20

Soil forms in layers called

Answer 20

Horizons

Question 21

__________ is a thin layer of topsoil with little humus

Answer 21

Forest soil

Question 22

_________ is sandy and does not have much humus

Answer 22

Desert soil

Question 23

__________________________is rich is humus, which provides nutrients for crops and holds water so minerals are not washed deep into the ground

Answer 23

Grasslands and prarie soil