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What are earth’s four major spheres?

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Hydrosphere (Water), Atmosphere (Air), Biosphere (Living), and Geosphere (Land)

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What is the hydrosphere and what other basic information can you tell me about it?

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Hydrosphere is the total amount of water on earth. It includes water that is on the surface of the planet, underground, and in the earth. They can be liquid, vapor, or ice.

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What is the atmosphere and what other basic information can you tell me about it?

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Atmosphere is a gaseous envelope that is found around the planet. It is a mixture of gases made up of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% other.

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What is the geosphere what other basic information can you tell me about it?

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Geosphere is all the stuff that makes up the crust all the way down to the core of the earth. It includes everything natural and lifeless rocks and minerals.

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What is biosphere and what other basic information can you tell me about it?

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Biosphere is a global ecosystem composed of all living organisms ( all life on earth)

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What are the worlds seven oceans and know where they are located?

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Arctic ocean, north Atlantic ocean, south Atlantic ocean, Indian ocean, North Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, and Antarctica ocean

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What are the world seven continents and know where they are located?

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North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica

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What are the worlds five major rainforest and know where they are located?

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Central America (North America), Amazon (South America), Congo, Madagascar, Africa, and south east Asia (Asia)

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Where are the two major deserts and where are they located?

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Sahara desert (Africa) and great basin desert (North America)

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How much of the world surface is covered in water?

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71%

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List five different kinds of the coastlines found around the world

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Rocky coastline, desert coastline, Forest coastline, Tropic island coastline and city coastline

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Mount Everest is found within what mountain range?

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Mount Everest from with in the Himalayan mountain range

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Yosemite National Park is found within what mountain range?

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Yosemite national park is found within the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California

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What are the two largest mountain ranges found in Southern California?

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San Gabriel mountains and San Bernardino Mountains

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What is the definition of a desert

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Hey Desiree is a large area of land usually in a hot region

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What is the definition of a tundra

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A tundra is a high elevation or high latitude desert

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What is the definition of a swamp

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Swamp is a flooded forest

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What is the definition of a wetland

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A wetland is always wet never flooded

19
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What is the definition of a rainforest

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A rain forest is an area that receives a lot of water (feet)

20
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What is the definition of a grassland

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A grassland is a large open area of country covered with grass especially one use for grazing

21
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What is the atmosphere made up of?

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78% nitrogen
21% oxygen
1% other

22
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Name five different animals found in caves

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cockroaches, crabs, bats, glowing worms, and fish

23
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name three structures found in caves

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rivers, stalactites, and stalagmites

24
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where is the arctic located and what is there?

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the arctic is found in the North Pole and there is no land nor continent

25
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where is Antartica and what is there?

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antartica is located in the South Pole and has land underneath the ice

26
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rivers naturally do what?

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rivers meander naturally

27
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where do rivers empty out to?

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rivers empty out to oceans, if not then lakes

28
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what makes a lake natural and how do you know if its man made?

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a river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater and flows to an ocean, lake, or another river. How you’d know its man made is if there’s huge concrete walls.

29
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what natural force is responsible for creating canyons?

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water is responsible for creating canyons

30
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volcanic islands are made from what

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volcanic islands are made of the volcanic activity on the seabed

31
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what is the difference between a coniferous tree and a deciduous tree?

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coniferous trees have needle-like leaves and are never bald. they’re all year around. Deciduous trees have large leaves and the leaves fall during autumn

32
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what are natural resources?

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natural resources are any material or organism found in nature that is useful for people

33
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what are renewable resources and list four of them

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air, water, soil and plants

34
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what are non renewable resources and list four of them

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coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear energy

35
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according to the article “giving plastic a second chance,..”, how much plastic enters the ocean yearly?

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9% of plastic enters the ocean every year

36
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the most vulnerable part if earths ecological system is the what?

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the atmosphere

37
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what gas today is primarily responsible for global warming (climate change) ?

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carbon dioxide

38
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how does carbon dioxide cause earth to get warmer?

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the pollution in the earth traps the heat because the atmospheres layer thickens

39
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why are we getting stronger and stronger hurricanes today than in the past?

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the water is becoming warmer

40
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what country contributes the most to climate change and global warming?

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the united states

41
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what is happening to the ice caps in both the north and South Pole?

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they are getting smaller every year

42
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what kinds of energy resources must we stop using in order to help reserve or stop climate change?

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fossils fuel, co2, and water vapor

43
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the worlds population pits pressure on what

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food desmans, natural resources, and water demand

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