1. Mr. Britten’s Science Class Name _______________ Date ________________ Rip out page 113 from your Science Textbook to answer some of the questions in this homework. You’ll also need your book too. (SC.6.E.6.2 & SC.6.E.7.4) 1. Which of Earth’s spheres is the frozen component of another sphere? ______________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Describe the cause of precipitation and its effects on Earth’s surface. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Which of the following events of the water cycle involves the biosphere: heavy rain causing a landslide, or leaves releasing water vapor into the air? Explain. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Read “When The Ice Melts” (Global to Local) on page 113 of Elevate Science and answer the following questions Alexandra ponders “If the entire ice sheet on Greenland melted, what’s the height the sea level would rise in FEET?”, answer her question. ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. What fraction of Greenland is covered by an ice sheet? __________________________________ 6. What is the root cause of the ice sheet melting in Greenland? ______________________________ 7. How does the second paragraph in the text explain the rising of sea levels? Highlight the sentence if possible. ______________________________________________________________________________ 8. What is the average rate of rising sea levels according to paragraph 3? ___________________

2. Mr. Britten’s Science Class Name _______________ Date ________________ Rip out page 113 from your Science Textbook to answer some of the questions in this homework. (SC.6.E.6.2 & SC.6.E.7.4) 9. How has this average rate changed over the last 25 years and what is its root cause? ______________________________________________________________________________________ 10. True or false? Roadways will not be affected by rising sea levels. ___________________________________ 11. Give an example of feedback. Hint: Read “System Feedback” on page 110 in Elevate Science Textbook for an example. Or you can CREATE your own example, but it has to make sense in accordance with the definition in the textbook. ______________________________________________________________________________________ 12. Name Earth’s 4 spheres. ___________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________ 13. What is a system? (Hint: See Page 107, Elevate Science) ______________________________________________________________________________ 14. The Earth system has two main sources of energy, what are they? 1)._____________________________________2)._____________________________________ 15. What is topography? ______________________________________________________________________________ 16. What is the definition of landforms? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 17. What’s your favorite Youtube Channel? ______________________________________________________________________________