6th grade Matter, Water Cycle, Atmosphere
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Conduction | Exchange of heat by direct contact
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| Convection | Transfer of heat in liquids and gasses through rising and falling currents
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| Radiation | Transfer of heat by electromagnetic waves
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| Hydrosphere | all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds
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| Precipitation | rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground
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| Hail | pellets of frozen rain that fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds
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| Evaporation | is the process of a substance in a liquid state changing to a gaseous state due to an increase in temperature and/or pressure
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| Transpiration | is the process where plants absorb water through the roots and then give off water vapor through pores in their leaves
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| Condensation | the conversion (changing) of a vapor or gas to a liquid
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| Geosphere | The Solid Part of Earth
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| cryosphere | is the frozen water part of the Earth system examples are North and South Polar regions
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| Atmosphere | the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet
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| Biosphere | the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth
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| Troposphere | is the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere, almost all weather occurs within this layer
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| Stratosphere | is the second major atmospheric layer above the troposphere, extending in altitude from about 8 to 30 miles high. No weather occurs in it, and it is where the ozone layer is located
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| Mesosphere | is directly above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere. It extends from about 50 to 85 km (31 to 53 miles) above our planet. Temperature decreases with height throughout this layer. Layer where most meteors burn up.
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| Thermosphere | directly above the mesosphere and below the exosphere, the hottest layer in the atmosphere, contains the ionosphere where the northern and southern lights or auroras can be seen and also contains the exosphere with its the outer part of the atmosphere.
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