Matter Energy and Earth cycles

Question 1

Water cycle:

Answer 1

the cycle in which water evaporates from oceans and other bodies of water, rises into the atmosphere, falls as rain, then recollects into bodies of water where it starts the cycle over

Question 2

Evaporation

Answer 2

“cleans” water in that it makes it leave most contaminants behind

Question 3

Rock cycle:

Answer 3

the cycle in which rocks are formed and broken up and reformed

Question 4

1. Hot molten material inside the Earth, called magma, flows up through cracks in Earth’s crust.
2. This new material loses heat and cools, forming new rock
3. Over time, this new rock can be eroded into tiny bits
4. The tiny bits can get compressed together to form a new rock
5. Sometimes rocks are pulled under the ground deep enough where they are heated up and melted and begin the cycle over

Answer 4

List the 5 steps of the rock cycle

Question 5

Atmosphere:

Answer 5

the relatively thin envelope of gases that forms Earth’s outermost layer

Question 6

It is made of a mixture of gases, and other particles like dust
It contains Earth’s weather

Answer 6

What makes up the Atmosphere

Question 7

Geosphere:

Answer 7

the solid metal inner core, liquid metal outer core, the rocky mantle and crust of the Earth

Question 8

Hydrosphere:

Answer 8

all the Earth’s water, including water in the atmosphere

Question 9

The cryosphere

Answer 9

is the frozen component of the hydrosphere, it is made of all the ice and snow on the planet

Question 10

Biosphere:

Answer 10

the parts of Earth that contain living organisms

Question 11

Energy

Answer 11

the ability to do work.

Question 12

Heat from the sun

Heat from the Earth’s interior

Answer 12

Earth’s main sources of energy are which 2?

Question 13

Heat from the sun

Heat from the Earth’s interior

Answer 13

These energy sources drive cycles of matter in the four spheres.

Question 14

Feedback

Answer 14

a response to an event or action. the response may affect future occurrences of the event

Question 15

positive feedback

Answer 15

will increase the occurrence or intensity of the event

Question 16

negative feedback

Answer 16

will decrease the occurrence or intensity of the event

Question 17

True

Answer 17

True or False; An event in one sphere can affect another.

Question 18

True

Answer 18

True or false: Sometimes the interactions can be surprising.

Question 19

250 billion

Answer 19

In Greenland, about __________ tons of ice are melting each year. As the weight is moved off the land, the land is actually rising!

Question 20

All land on earth floats on a sea of molten rock in the Earth’s core and reducing the weight of the land makes it rise a little higher.

Answer 20

Why does land rise when land weight is reduced?

Question 21

Buoyant

Answer 21

able to stay afloat or rise to the top of a liquid or gas