TCI unit 1 Earth's Atmosphere and Energy

A group of interacting parts, with each piece influencing the behavior of the whole.

• criteria

• system

• constraints

• temperature

part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• biosphere

• atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle

• biosphere

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

All the water at and near the surface of the earth, 97% of which is in oceans

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• biosphere

• atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A mixture of gases that surrounds a planet or moon.

• trophosphere

• atmosphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.

• climate

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

• weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Tiny solid and liquid particles suspended in the atmosphere

• geosphere

• aerosol

• stratosphere

• trophosphere

The relatively thin layer of the atmosphere that is closest to Earth's surface and where weather occurs.

• trophosphere

• stratosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the layer of the atmosphere above the troposphere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• stratosphere

• geosphere

the energy an object has due to its motion

• heat

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• conduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5