Earths Major Systems

Question 1

The layer of gases that surround earth

Answer 1

Atmosphere

Question 2

Earths water, whether found on continents or in oceans, including freshwater in glaciers, lakes, rivers and underground

Answer 2

Hydrosphere

Question 3

The part of 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

Earths 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 Earths crust is made of moving plates

Answer 9

Tectonic plates

Question 10

A pattern or crack in the rocket where movement can take place

Answer 10

Fault

Question 11

The atmosphere contains _______________which plants need it to make food

Answer 11

Carbon dioxide

Question 12

The ___________ protects living things in biosphere

Answer 12

Ozone layer

Question 13

The ____________influences the weather patterns

Answer 13

Geosphere

Question 14

A_______ sceintist who examines rocks to find out about Earths history and structure

Answer 14

Geologist

Question 15

__________ thought Earths continents were a jigsaw puzzle

Answer 15

Alfred Wegener

Question 16

________ theory that 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

Rocks 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

Dessert soil

Question 23

_________is rich in humus which provides nutrients for crops and holds water so minerals are not washed deep into the ground

Answer 23

Grassland and prairie soil