Earth Systems Mid Unit Vocab

To synthesize means to________________.

• reread a text and summarize it

• put together multiple pieces of information in order to understand something

• look closely at something

• to describe how something works

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What is the biosphere?

• the air that surrounds the Earth

• all the liquid water on the Earth

• all the living things on the Earth

• the hard inner layer of the Earth

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What is a resource?

• something you can observe or measure about something that helps you describe it

• a group of parts that work together

• a supply of something that is useful

• water that has been used and is now polluted

What does an engineer do?

• studies life processes

• uses science knowledge to design something in order to solve a problem

• studies rocks and rock layers

• studies ancient artifacts

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What is a molecule?

• the smallest part of all matter

• a group of parts that work together

• water in the form of a gas

• a group of atoms joined together in a particular way

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What is condensation?

• when a gas turns into a liquid

• a process in which substances change into different substances

• the stuff that things are made of

• when a liquid turns into a gas

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The atmosphere is _________________.

• matter that is made up of only one kind of atom

• the air that surrounds the Earth

• the solid part of the Earth

• when a liquid turns into a gas

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What is water vapor?

• water in a solid state

• water that has been polluted

• water in the form of an invisible gas

• water in a liquid form

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What is a scientific explanation?

• a description of how something works or why something happenss

• to try to make something new that solves a problem

• a process in which substances change into different substances

• summarizing a text

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What makes up the hydrosphere?

• all the resources on the Earth

• the air that surrounds the Earth

• all the rocks and solid parts of the Earth

• all the liquid water on the Earth

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