Spheres of Earth

the process by which rocks break down as a result of chemical reactions

• greenhouse effect

• chemical weathering

• freshwater

• tectonic plates

water that contains insignificant amounts of salts, as in rivers and lakes

• freshwater

• ecosystem

• precipitation

• water cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

the central part of the Earth below the mantle

• ozone

• mantle

• crust

• core

same species same place same time

• conduction

• evaporation

• population

• condensation

the solid outer layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle

• troposphere

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• geosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

the change of state from liquid to gas

• conduction

• condensation

• evaporation

• population

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

the solid part of the earth that consists of all rock as well as the soils and loose rocks on Earth's surface

• asthenosphere

• geosphere

• lithosphere

• troposphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

the abiotic and biotic factors in the same place at the same time

• ecosystem

• geosphere

• biosphere

• freshwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the lowest layer of the atmosphere in which temperatures drop at a constant rate as altitude increases; the part of the atmosphere where weather occurs

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• stratosphere

• troposphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

the continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, the land, and the oceans

• geosphere

• ecosystem

• lithosphere

• water cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4