Unit 4:Source and Flow of Energy

What are Earth's Spheres?

• troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere

• earthsphere, watersphere, lifesphere, frozensphere, airsphere

• geosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere

• sphere 1, sphere 2, sphere 3, sphere 4, sphere 5

What are characteristics of the geosphere?

• water, surface, water vapors, lakes, rivers, oceans

• Earth, Crust, mantle, core, found in soil

• animals, plants, biomes

• air, ozone, weather, surrounds the Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What are characteristics of the hydrosphere?

• Earth, crust, mantle, core

• water, surface, water vapors, lakes, rivers, oceans

• air, ozone, weather, surrounds Earth

• life, animals, plants, biomes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the biosphere?

• life, animals, plants, biomes

• frozen glaciers, permafrost,

• Earth, crust, mantle, core

• air, ozone, weather, surrounds Earth

What are the characteristics of the cryosphere?

• Earth, crust, mantle, core

• life, animals, plants, biomes

• air, ozone, weather, surrounds Earth

• frozen water, glaciers, permafrost

What are the characteristics of the atmosphere?

• Earth, crust, mantle, core

• air, ozone, weather, surrounds Earth

• water, surface, water vapors, lakes, rivers, oceans

• life, animals, plants, biomes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What are the layers of the atmosphere?

• geosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere

• earthsphere, watersphere, lifesphere, frozen sphere, airsphere

• troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere

• carbon sphere, nitrogen sphere, hydrogen sphere, oxygen sphere, phosphorus sphere, sulfur sphere.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which layer is the closest to the Earth's surface, has all living things, and experience different types of weather?

• trapasphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which atmospheric layer do planes cruise in?

• trapasphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermasphere

Which layer is above the stratosphere and burns up meteors?

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• exosphere