Our Planet - Earth

Includes glaciers, rivers, and the ocean

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which lists the gases in the air from most to least abundant?

• nitrogen, oxygen, trace gases 

• trace gases, oxygen, nitrogen 

The thin layer of gases surrounding Earth

• Geosphere

• Atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Weather takes place because

•  the stratosphere contains the ozone layer.

•  gases move in the troposphere. 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Process by which plants release water vapor to the air

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Earth system that contains all living things

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

The solid part of Earth

• Geosphere

• Biosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Process by which a gas changes to a liquid

• Evaporation

• Condensation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Most of the water on Earth is 

•  stored in the oceans. 

• present in the atmosphere.

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS2-2

Where is most of Earth’s freshwater? 

• in rivers and lakes 

•  frozen in glaciers 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4