earth systems

Question 1

abiotic

Answer 1

something non-living in the environment

Question 2

atmosphere

Answer 2

the envelope of gasses that surround the earth.

Question 3

bio

Answer 3

a living thing

Question 4

biosphere

Answer 4

sum of all ecosystems on earth, made up of parts of earth where life exists.

Question 5

biotic

Answer 5

something living in the environment

Question 6

crust

Answer 6

20 to 80 kilometers thick, made up of valleys, trenches, mountains, and volcanos. Composed of tectonic plates

Question 7

cryosphere

Answer 7

ice

Question 8

greenhouse gas

Answer 8

Greenhouse gases are the gases in the atmosphere that raise the surface temperature of planets such as the Earth.

Question 9

groundwater

Answer 9

Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth’s surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations.

Question 10

lithosphere

Answer 10

The solid, outer part of the earth including the crust and upper mantle.

Question 11

mesosphere

Answer 11

the region of the earth’s atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere, between about 50 and 80 km in altitude.

Question 12

salinity

Answer 12

Salinity is the saltiness or amount of salt dissolved in a body of water, called saline water.

Question 13

stratosphere

Answer 13

the layer of the earth’s atmosphere above the troposphere, extending to about 50 km above the earth’s surface

Question 14

tectonic plate

Question 15

turbidity

Question 16

thermosphere

Question 17

troposphere

Question 18

upper mantle

Question 19

water vapor

Question 20

food chain

Question 21

food web

Question 22

herbivore

Question 23

carnivore

Question 24

omnivore

Question 25

producer

Question 26

consumer

Question 27

trophic level

Question 28

decomposer

Question 29

primary consumer

Question 30

secondary consumer

Question 31

tertiary consumer

Question 32

quaternary consumer