Earth Systems and Forces Concepts

Air that has been force into a smaller space

• pressure

• uneven heating

• axis

• compress

a force of something onto something else

• gravity

• compress

• pressure

• push

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

the Earth system that includes all of Earth's water

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere

• biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

the Earth system that is made up of a mixture of gases that is air

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere

• biosphere

the Earth system that is made up of a thin surface layer of rock, soil, and sediments as well as the materials that are inside Earth

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere

• biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the Earth system that includes all of the living things

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere

• biosphere

Uneven heating is when one material heats up faster than another much like the sand, water, and air at the beach or like our dirt vs. water experiment.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

an imaginary shaft on which an object (such as Earth) turns

• axis

• rotation

• hemisphere

• equator

when an object turns or spins around, like a top

• revolution

• rotation

• orbit

• gravity

A section of the sky that has a recognizable star pattern

• constellation

• nebula

• moon

• galaxy