FLASHCARDS:  Earth's Systems & Interactions

FLASHCARDS: Earth's Systems & Interactions

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Science

6th Grade

Hard

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Marica Brady

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the role of gravity in Earth's atmosphere?

Back

Gravity holds the atmosphere in place.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the biosphere?

Back

The sphere where life exists in all forms including plants and animals.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the geosphere?

Back

The solid part of the Earth. Includes rocks, minerals, landforms, and the Earth's crust, mantle, outer core and inner core.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the hydrosphere?

Back

The hydrosphere includes all the water on Earth such as oceans, lakes, rivers, and groundwater, and water vapor.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the cryosphere?

Back

All the frozen parts of Earth's water including snow, glaciers, ice sheets, permafrost, and frozen ground.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the atmosphere?

Back

The Earth's protective blanket of gases that surrounds the planet. It is mostly made of nitrogen and oxygen.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Hurricanes are powerful storms that can create damaging winds and heavy rain. They form in the ocean where warm water and air interact. When hurricanes form which two spheres are interacting?

Back

hydrosphere and atmosphere

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