Earth Systems

Question 1

Abiotic

Answer 1

Non living things

Question 2

Atmosphere

Answer 2

The gases that are surrounding the earth

Question 3

Bio

Answer 3

Living things

Question 4

Biosphere

Answer 4

Zones or ecosystems that contain life

Question 5

biotic

Answer 5

Living things

Question 6

Crust

Answer 6

The earth’s outermost layer

Question 7

Cryosphere

Answer 7

Any part of the earth that contains water in its solid form

Question 8

Greenhouse Gases

Answer 8

Gases that are prominent in the earth’s atmosphere, that cause the warming of the earth

Question 9

Groundwater

Answer 9

Water present underneath earth’s surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations

Question 10

Lithosphere

Answer 10

The lithosphere is the layers of the earth. These consist of earths curst and upper mantle.

Question 11

Mesosphere

Answer 11

The mesosphere is the third layer of the atmosphere

Question 12

Tectonic plates

Answer 12

large parts of the earths crust that shift over time

Question 12

Salinity

Answer 12

amount of salt present in water

Question 13

Stratosphere

Answer 13

second layer of the atmosphere

Question 14

Turbididty

Answer 14

cloudiness of a liquid due to the amount of particles that might be suspended in it.

Question 15

Thermosphere

Answer 15

The fourth layer in the earth’s atmosphere

Question 16

Troposphere

Answer 16

Lowest layer of the earths atmosphere, it contains a good amount of the total mass of the planets atmosphere.

Question 17

Upper mantle

Answer 17

Thick layer of rock that is inside the planet

Question 18

Water vapour

Answer 18

Gaseous phase of water

Question 19

Food chain

Answer 19

from a producer to an apex predator

Question 20

Food web

Answer 20

basically what eats what

Question 21

herbivore

Answer 21

animals that only eat plants

Question 22

carnivore

Answer 22

animals that only eat meat

Question 23

Producer

Answer 23

Producers are things that gather energy from photosynthesis

Question 23

omnivore

Answer 23

eats both meat and plants

Question 24

consumer

Answer 24

Something that eats the producer

Question 25

trophic level

Answer 25

the position an organism occupies in the food web

Question 26

decomposer

Answer 26

an organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms

Question 27

primary consumer

Answer 27

Animal that eats the producer

Question 28

secondary consumer

Answer 28

Animal that eats the primary consumer

Question 29

tertiary consumer

Answer 29

animal that eat the secondary consumer

Question 30

quaternary consumer

Answer 30

animals that eat tertiary consumers

Question 31

germination

Answer 31

germination is the process of taking a seed and placing it under the right conditions for it to start growing

Question 32

secondary formation

Answer 32

seedling that grows towards the sun when it gets the right nutrients from the sun and roots

Question 33

growth + development

Answer 33

Plant carries out photosynthesis and store their food on them in the form as glucose

Question 34

differentiation

Answer 34

plant becomes mature and starts flowing, this leads insects and pollinators to spread the plants pollen. This helps with pollination and fertilization

Question 35

pollination

Answer 35

when pollen travels from one plant to the flower of a different plant

Question 36

fertilisation

Answer 36

when pollen meets the egg inside the flower

Question 37

formation of fruits and seeds

Answer 37

the ovary of the plant starts to grow and change into a fruit.