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Earth's Systems Test Review

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  • Water droplets that fall to the Earth's surface.
    Precipitation
  • What part of the Atmosphere do you live in?
    Troposphere
  • Flat, gray, layered clouds
    Stratus Clouds
  • Which two gases make up almost all the air in the lower atmosphere?
    Nitrogen and Oxygen
  • What Earth system is a thin layer of rock, soil, sediments, & layers of hot molten or liquid rock inside the Earth?
    Geosphere
  • Feathery clouds that form high in the atmosphere and are made of ice crystals.
    Cirrus Clouds
  • This happens when too much carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere.
    Global Warming
  • Which is the smallest Earth system?
    Biosphere
  • This sphere includes glaciers.
    Hydrosphere
  • What contains parts of all four Earth's systems?
    Soil
  • What Earth's system is made up of a mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth?
    Atmosphere
  • The condition of the atmosphere over a short period of time.
    Weather
  • What are the 4 Layers of the Earth?
    1. Crust 2. Mantle 3. Outer Core 4. Inner Core
  • What are the four Earth's Systems?
    1. Atmosphere 2. Biosphere 3. Geosphere 4. Hydrosphere
  • What Earth system includes all of Earth's water?
    Hydrosphere
  • What Earth System is made up of all living things found on Earth?
    Biosphere
  • What percent of the Earths surface is FRESH water?
    3%
  • The continuous movement of water over land and in the air.
    Water Cycle
  • The name for water that soaks into the ground or flows across Earth's surface.
    Run-off
  • White fluffy clouds with flat bottoms form low in atmosphere and mean good weather.
    Cumulus Clouds
  • The gas state of water.
    Water vapor
  • Water that falls to Earth's surface.
    Precipitation
  • The gas state of water.
    Water vapor
  • Describes conditions over a long period of time.
    Climate
  • Dark heavy clouds that mean a storm is coming
    Cumulonimbus