Chapter 3

Question 1

Biosphere

Answer 1

Life

Question 2

Hydrosphere

Answer 2

Water

Question 3

Geosphere

Answer 3

Rock

Question 4

Groundwater

Answer 4

Water stored in cracks or pores

Question 5

Minerals

Answer 5

Naturally occurring and have definite chemical compositions

Question 6

Aquifer

Answer 6

A layer of rock that contains ground water

Question 7

Water cycle

Answer 7

Continuous movement of water on earth

Question 8

Evaporation

Answer 8

When a liquid turns into a gas

Question 9

Transpiration

Answer 9

Plants releasing water vapor through their leaves

Question 10

Condensation

Answer 10

Gas changing into a liquid

Question 11

Precipitation

Answer 11

Rain, sleet, hail, and snow

Question 12

Weather

Answer 12

State of atmosphere for a short period of time

Question 13

Climate

Answer 13

Average weather for a long period of time

Question 14

Uplift

Answer 14

Moving large bodies of earth higher

Question 15

Rock cycle

Answer 15

When rocks change form

Question 16

Weathering

Answer 16

Chemical process that changes Earth

Question 17

Erosion

Answer 17

The moving of weathered material by water, wind, and glaciers

Question 18

What was the most common gas?

Answer 18

Nitrogen 78%

Question 19

What are the four systems of Earth

Answer 19

Geospehere hydrosphere biosphere

And atmosphere

Question 20

Cryospere

Answer 20

Frozen water on Earth

Question 21

What happens when you move toward Earth’s surface

Answer 21

Warmer and more dense

Question 22

78% of earths surface is what gas

Answer 22

Nitrogen

Question 23

In what layer of the atmosphere is the ozone layer found

Answer 23

Stratosphere

Question 24

Where is groundwater stored

Answer 24

Through the cracks beneath earths surface

Question 25

How is ocean water different than lake water

Answer 25

Lakes are freshwater and oceans are salt water

Question 26

Where is earths water stored

Answer 26

Atmosphere, surface, and underground

Question 27

What are the characteristics of a mineral

Answer 27

Color streak, hardness, cleavage, fracture, and crystal shape

Question 28

Which system does water when it evaporates

Answer 28

The atmosphere

Question 29

What is the beginning of the water cycle

Answer 29

It has no beginning

Question 30

REMINDER STUDY THE PICTURES!!!!!!

Answer 30

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Question 31

How is igneous rock formed

Answer 31

When magma cools and hardens

Question 32

How is metamorphic rock formed

Answer 32

When extreme temperatures and pressure within earth change into new rocks

Question 33

How are sedimentary rock formed

Answer 33

When forces such water, wind, and ice break into small pieces

Question 34

Is the Leeward side of the mountain dry or wet

Answer 34

Dry

Question 35

Which rock is formed when magma cools

Answer 35

Igneous

Question 36

What provides energy to keep the water cycle moving and what type of energy is provided

Answer 36

The Sun | Thermal energy

Question 37

What causes surface currents to form in the ocean

Answer 37

Wind

Question 38

What is the difference between weathering and erosion

Answer 38

Weathering breaks rocks and erosion carries them away

Question 39

PRACTICE ESSAY

Answer 39

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