Earth's Spheres Review

Front

This sphere includes the continents, the ocean floor, all the rocks on the surface, and all of the sand in the deserts.

Back

Geosphere

Front

Oceans, rivers, lakes, and the moisture in the air are all part of which of Earth's spheres?

Back

Hydrosphere

Front

This sphere is composed of all the living things

Back

Biosphere

Front

Layer of air/gases surrounding our planet.

Back

Atmosphere

Front

Water evaporating from the surface of a lake is an example of interaction between ...

Back

hydrosphere and atmosphere

Front

When living things breathe, they interact with which of Earth's spheres? Options: Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere

Back

Atmosphere

Front

Which of these parts of the Earth system are interacting when you walk to school? Options: biosphere, cryosphere, and atmosphere; biosphere, geosphere, and atmosphere; biosphere, hydrosphere, and cryosphere; cryosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere

Back

biosphere, geosphere, and atmosphere

Front

When dead plants decompose and nitrogen is returned to the soil, the interaction is between which two spheres?

Back

The biosphere and geosphere

Front

Which of these parts of the Earth system are interacting when trees grow? Options: biosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, and atmosphere; geosphere, cryosphere, lithosphere, and atmosphere; biosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and cryosphere; cryosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere

Back

biosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, and atmosphere

Front

When a plant takes carbon dioxide from the air, which two spheres are interacting? Options: Biosphere and atmosphere, Geosphere and atmosphere, Hydrosphere and atmosphere, Atmosphere and atmosphere

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Biosphere and atmosphere