Grade 5 Science - Earth Systems Exam Questions with Correct Answers
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Earth\\\'s Systems
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Earth\\\'s Systems
system - Answer-a group of parts working together
How many subsystems does Earth have? - Answer-Four
Name Earth's subsystems. - Answer-Biosphere, Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere
How are Earth's systems related? - Answer-All subsystems are interconnected and influence each other.
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Grade 5 Science - Earth Systems Exam
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system - Answer-a group of parts working together
How many subsystems does Earth have? - Answer-Four
Name Earth's subsystems. - Answer-Biosphere, Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere
How are Earth's systems related? - Answer-All subsystems are interconnected and
influence each other.
What does BIO mean? - Answer-life
Define Biosphere. - Answer-one of Earth's subsystems that contains all life on Earth and
can be found in the sky, on land, and in the ocean
Where can one find something that is part of the biosphere? - Answer-on land, in the
sky, or in the ocean
Give four examples of what is included in the biosphere. - Answer-bacteria, plants,
animals, fungi
What does Hydro mean? - Answer-water
Define Hydrosphere. - Answer-one of Earth's subsystems that contains all of Earth's
water on the surface, beneath the surface, and in the air
Where can the contents of the hydrosphere be found? - Answer-on the Earth's surface,
beneath the surface, and in the air
What states of water are included in the hydrosphere? - Answer-solids, liquids, and
gaseous water
Name the types of places you would find water on Earth. - Answer-Oceans, lakes,
ponds, rivers, streams, groundwater, glaciers, ice caps, clouds, water within organisms
What is a shortcut for Water? - Answer-H2O (the 2 should be little and low)
How much does the hyrdrosphere take up on Earth's surface? - Answer-70%
Why doesn't the amount of water on Earth ever change over time? - Answer-Because of
the water cycle
, Describe (in order) the water cycle. - Answer-The constant and continual changes in
water as it evaporates into the air, condenses to form clouds, and then precipitates back
down to Earth...over and over again.
What are the processes in the water cycle? - Answer-Precipitation, Condensation,
Evaporation, (and transipration)
Define precipitation. - Answer-water droplets that fall from the atmosphere in the form of
rain, sleet, snow, or hail
Define Condensation. - Answer-water vapor in the atmosphere that cools and becomes
liquid
Define Evaporation. - Answer-liquid water that becomes a gas when heated
Where does the water that gets heated and becomes a gas in the evaporation process
come from? - Answer-oceans, lakes, ponds, and any other body of water
Define Transpiration. - Answer-Water on plants leaves that become part of the
atmosphere
Define Run-off. - Answer-Precipitation that is not absorbed by the land/soil and travels
to the ocean (or any other larger body of water near by)
How much of Earth's water is fresh water? - Answer-2.5%
What do humans use fresh water for? - Answer-drinking, cooking, washing, growing
plants/food, and other purposes
Where can fresh water be found? - Answer-glaciers, groundwater, surface water
Define Glacier. - Answer-large chunk of think ice that is formed when layers of snow
build up on each other and are compressed
How much of Earth's fresh water is trapped in glaciers? - Answer-Nearly 69% of that 2.5
percent of all water is glaciers.... that is 1.74% of Earth's total water including salt water
Can people use water in glaciers? Why? - Answer-Not for a long time because it is
frozen and they keep the area they are found very cold. Glaciers also reflect sunlight
How much of Earth's fresh water can be found underground? - Answer-30%
How does fresh water get underground? - Answer-It soaks into the soil and trickles
down between the rock layers
How much of Earth's fresh water is surface water? - Answer-1.25%
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