Geo Science Final

What is Meteorology?

• Study of space

• Study of atmosphere and weather

• Study of asteroids and comets

• Study of the Earth's hydrosphere

What is oceanography?

• The study of dolphins.

• The study of the ocean.

• The study of jellyfish.

• The study of electromagnetic waves.

The blanket of gases that surrounds the earth’s surface.

• Air

• Atmosphere

• Space

• Biosphere

What are the four main layers of Earth?

• atmosphere, biosphere,

  hydropshere, geosphere

• core,mantle, crust, atmosphere
• hydrosphere, cryosphere, geosphere, mesosphere
• none of them

The Hydrosphere is...

• The universe in which our planet is found along with our sun, planetary neighbors and galaxy The Milky Way.

• Also known as the Lithosphere; Lies beneath the Hydrosphere and the Atmosphere, composed mainly of rocks, minerals and the other heavier elements.

• The water portion of our planet includes freshwater and saltwater systems.

• Earth's gaseous envelope that not only provides the air we breath but protects us from the harmful radiation given off by the sun.

All living things on earth are part of the....

• Biosphere

• Geosphere (lithosphere)

• Hydrosphere

• Cryosphere

Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• Combustion
• Respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Death

How do animals get carbon?

• By eating plants and or other animals.

• They absorb it from the atmosphere.

• From the ground

• They do not get carbon from anywhere.

What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

What source of energy evaporates the most water from Earth’s surface?

• volcanoes
• the sun
• lightning
• wind