Earth Systems- 5th Grade Exam Questions and Answers
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Earth\\\'s Systems
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Earth\\\'s Systems
biosphere - Answer-system that contains all life on Earth
hydrosphere - Answer-system that contains all Earth's water on the surface, beneath the surface, and the air
surface water - Answer-1.2% of the total fresh water on Earth is found on the surface of the earth
groundwater - Answer-30%...
Earth Systems- 5th Grade Exam
Questions and Answers
biosphere - Answer-system that contains all life on Earth
hydrosphere - Answer-system that contains all Earth's water on the surface, beneath
the surface, and the air
surface water - Answer-1.2% of the total fresh water on Earth is found on the surface of
the earth
groundwater - Answer-30% of Earths freshwater is contained underground
geosphere - Answer-system that contains all the rocks, minerals, and ground of Earth
crust - Answer-only layer that can be seen, land that we walk on and that makes up the
ocean floor, outer most layer of the Earth and the thinnest layer
glaciers - Answer-nearly 69% of all water is trapped in these bodies of ice
weathering - Answer-the physical or chemical breakdown of rocks and minerals into
smaller pieces of Earth's surface
erosion - Answer-the process of moving rock/soil particles (known as sediment) due to
wind, water, gravity, or other forces
wind shapes landforms - Answer-wind picks up sediment, carries it, and changes its
shape
atmosphere - Answer-system that contains a mixture of gases that surround the earth
Solar energy - Answer-energy that comes from the sun
water cycle - Answer-the cycle of processes by which water circulates between the
earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land, involving precipitation as rain and snow,
drainage in streams and rivers, and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and
transpiration.
The rock cycle describes how? - Answer-different types of rocks form and break down
sphere interaction - Answer-The processes that move matter and energy from one
sphere to another
cryosphere - Answer-the frozen water part of the Earth system
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