Atmosphere, Biosphere, Geosphere and Hydrosphere
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| How did the Himalaya Mountains form? | Colliding tectonic plates
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| Where would you find the most geologically active regions on the surface of the Earth? | Boundaries between tectonic plates
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| In which layer of the atmosphere would you find the ozone layer? | Stratosphere
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| This is a "large-scale" atmospheric phenomena caused by air that is constantly in motion. | Weather
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| This is used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake | Richter Scale
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| The densest atmospheric layer is the _____. | Troposphere
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| In the troposphere, _______ decreases as altitude increases. | Temperature
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| These are the three mechanisms of energy transfer through or within Earth's atmosphere. | Conduction, Convection and Radiation
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| This causes air to be denser near Earth's surface. | Gravity
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| What type of temperature would be on Earth without the greenhouse effect? | Extreme Cold
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| This sphere includes "all of the water" on or near Earth's surface. | Hydrosphere
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| Where is most of Earth's fresh water found? | Ice Caps & Glaciers
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| In comparison to fresh water, ocean water contains more of this... | Salt
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| Where would you find "deep currents"? | Ocean floor
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| Surface currents circulate in different directions, depending on the ____ in which they occur. | Hemisphere
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| This is the layer of the ocean that extends from the base of the thermocline to the bottom of the ocean floor. | Deep Zone
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| With respect to energy, Earth is a _______ system | Open system
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| Which part of Earth contains all areas where organisms can get the food or energy they need to survive? | Biosphere
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| Currents at the surface of an ocean are driven by the _______ | Wind
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| With respect to matter, Earth is mostly a ______ system | Closed system
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| This is the layer of the ocean where temperature drops off quickly as you descend deeper. | Thermocline
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| This is the coldest layer of the atmosphere. | Mesosphere
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| Weather occurs in this layer of the atmosphere | Troposphere
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| Meteors burn up in this layer of the atmosphere | Mesosphere
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| This is an atom that is electrically charged (it has lost or gained an electron) | Ion
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| The ionosphere is located in this layer of the atmosphere | Thermosphere
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