EARTH & LIFE SCIENCE EARTH & EARTH SUBSYSTEM

Question 1

what zone is earth that supports life

Answer 1

Goldilocks zone

Question 2

habitable zone

Answer 2

Goldilocks zone

Question 3

a terrestrial planet located in the goldilocks zone (habitable zone)

Answer 3

EARTH

Question 3

3rd planet from the sun

Answer 3

EARTH

Question 3

the range of distance with the right temperatures for water to remain liquid

Answer 3

Goldilocks zone

Question 4

5th largest planet in the solar system

Answer 4

EARTH

Question 5

only habitable planet or planet known in the solar system that can support life

Answer 5

EARTH

Question 5

has a unique physical and chemical characteristics compare to other neighboring planets

Answer 5

EARTH

Question 6

factors that makes earth habitable

Answer 6

1. Temperature
2. Water
3. Atmosphere
4. Energy
5. Nutrients

Question 6

NOT ENOUGH OF THIS FACTOR will
cause chemicals to react slowly, which interferes with the reactions necessary for life

Answer 6

Temperature

Question 6

influences how quickly atoms and molecules move

Answer 6

Temperature

Question 6

NOT ENOUGH OF THIS FACTOR will freeze water, making liquid water unavailable

Answer 6

Temperature

Question 7

liquid water can still exist under certain conditions

Answer 7

Temperature

Question 7

life seems limited to a temperature range of

Answer 7

-15 degree C to 115 degree C

Question 8

TOO MUCH OF THIS FACTOR will at about 125 degree C, protein and carbohydrate molecules and genetic material

Answer 8

Temperature

Question 8

Dissolves and transports chemicals within and to and from a cell

Answer 8

Water

Question 9

is regularly available

Answer 9

Water

Question 10

life can go dormant between wet periods but eventually THIS needs to be available

Answer 10

Water

Question 11

NOT ENOUGH OF THIS FACTOR will make the chemicals that a cell needs for energy & growth are not dissolved or transported to the cell

Answer 11

Water

Question 12

TOO MUCH OF THIS FACTOR is not a problem, as long as it is not so toxic that it interferes with the chemistry of life

Answer 12

Water

Question 12

it keeps the surface warm & protects it form radiation & small-to medium-sized meteorites

Answer 12

Atmosphere

Question 12

How thick is the earth’s Atmosphere

Answer 12

100 miles thick

Question 12

Traps heat, shields the surface from harmful radiation, and provides chemicals needed for life, such as nitrogen and carbon dioxide

Answer 12

Atmosphere

Question 13

organisms use light or chemical _________ to run their life process

Answer 13

Energy

Question 13

TOO MUCH OF THIS FACTOR will be made almost entirely of greenhouses gases, making the surface too hot for life

Answer 13

Atmosphere

Question 13

The 4 giant planets are completely made of gas

Answer 13

Atmosphere

Question 13

The gas molecules escape to space, leaving the planet or moon without an insulating blanket or a protective shield

Answer 13

Atmosphere

Question 13

NOT ENOUGHT OF THIS FACTOR is when there is too little sunlight or too few of the chemicals that provide energy to cells, such as iron or sulfur, organisms die

Answer 13

Energy

Question 13

NOT ENOGUH OF THIS FACTOR will make small plants and moons have insufficient gravity to hold on

Answer 13

Atmosphere

Question 14

how much thicker is Venus atmosphere compared Earth

Answer 14

100 times thicker

Question 14

with a steady input of either light or chemical ______, cells can run the chemical reactions necessary for life

Answer 14

Energy

Question 15

TOO MUCH OF THIS FACTOR is a problem if it makes a planet too hot or if there are too many harmful rays, such as ultraviolet.

Answer 15

Energy

Question 16

TOO MUCH OF THIS FACTOR rich chemicals is not a problem

Answer 16

Energy

Question 17

They are used to build and maintain an organism's body

Answer 17

Nutrients

Question 18

All solid planets & moons have the same general chemical makeup, so ________ are present

Answer 18

Nutrients

Question 19

Those with a water cycle or volcanic activity can transport and replenish the chemicals required by living organisms

Answer 19

Nutrients

Question 20

NOT ENOUGH OF THIS FACTOR will make Without chemicals to make proteins & carbohydrates, organisms cannot grow.

Answer 20

Nutrients

Question 21

NOT ENOUGH OF THIS FACTOR will make Planets without systems to deliver ________ to its organism (e.g., a water cycle or volcanic activity) cannot support life

Answer 21

Nutrients

Question 22

NOT ENOUGH OF THIS FACTOR when _____ are spread so thin that they are hard to obtain, such as on a gas planet, life cannot exist

Answer 22

Nutrients

Question 23

TOO MUCH OF THIS FACTOR are not a problem

Answer 23

Nutrients

Question 24

TOO MUCH OF THIS FACTOR can make too active a circulation, such as the constant volcanism on Jupiter's moon, Io, or the churning atmosphere of the gas planets, interferes with an organism's ability to get enough __________

Answer 24

Nutrients

Question 25

A sphere that includes the liquid ocean, inland waterbodies and groundwater

Answer 25

Hydrosphere

Question 25

The thin layer made up of a mixture of gases and particles suspended in the air that surround the earth (predominantly N, Ar, CO and H O

Answer 25

Atmosphere

Question 25

A sphere that includes the solid Earth, the core, mantle, crust, and soil layers

Answer 25

Geosphere

Question 26

What are 4 subsystems of earth

Answer 26

1. Atmosphere 2. Hydrosphere 3. Geosphere 4. Biosphere

Question 27

A sphere that includes all of earth's organisms, including humans, and matter that has not yet decomposed

Answer 27

Biosphere