Powell Earth Science 2020 Midterm

This occurs when water vapor changes into liquid water.

When gasses in the atmosphere trap some of the heat near Earth's surface, & some escapes to space

Scientists design experiments and formulate a hypothesis is so they can find out the answer to

Which is NOT one of the layers of Earth's atmosphere?

What is a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air?

When lakes, rivers or other bodies of water release water into the atmosphere when it's been heated by the sun

What is the way Earth's rotation makes winds curve?

When water vapor is released into the atmosphere from the leaves of plants

One of Earth's spheres that is the part containing all living things.

The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves is

The largest and most powerful surface current in North Atlantic Ocean

When you directly see something you make this

Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface

What do all living things require to live and survive?

An educated explanation or guess about a problem that can be tested is called

You make this when you use prior knowledge and understanding to guess about what you think happened.

One of Earth's spheres which is the portion of Earth that consists of water in any of it's forms.

The transfer of heat between two substances that are in direct contact is

A group of parts that work together as a whole

One of Earth's spheres that is made of rock and metal, It makes up most of Earth's mass.

The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid is

This is the Earth's water recycling system

This is a result of condensation of water vapor in the atmosphere

What do you call the ability to do work?

What is the horizontal movement of the convection current in the atmosphere?

Why is the scientific method important?

How is Earth's atmosphere divided into layers?

This is liquid water that condenses from the air onto a cooler surface

Which is NOT a way heat transfers?

Who do some scientists find responsible for enhancing the greenhouse effect?

Water vapor released into the air by humans and animals every time they breathe into the atmosphere

What provides most of the energy that is moving within Earth's atmosphere or across Earth's surface?

One of Earth's spheres that is the relatively thin envelope of gasses that contains Earth's weather.

The total energy of motion in the particles of a substance is

What is a large stream of moving water that flows through the ocean?

Earth's system has two main sources of energy. What are these two sources?