02 - SSA 6th Grade - Earth's Spheres

02 - SSA 6th Grade - Earth's spheres

By Ms. Tariche

Multiple Choice

The continent of Antarctica is covered with an ice sheet.

Which part of the Earth system includes the ice sheet?

• Atmosphere

• Cryosphere

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

Multiple Choice

All animals, plants, bacteria, and fungi on the earth, as well as their interactions are part of what Earth system / sphere?

• Atmosphere

• Cryosphere

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

Multiple Choice

All rivers, lakes, streams, seas and oceans, as well as the groundwater are part of what Earth system / sphere?

• Atmosphere

• Cryosphere

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

Multiple Choice

All mountains, land, sea floor are part of what Earth system / sphere?

• Atmosphere

• Cryosphere

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

Multiple Choice

All the gases that surround ourr planet are part of what Earth system / sphere?

• Atmosphere

• Cryosphere

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

Multiple Choice

When a hurricane strikes a coastal area, it brings a number of serious hazards. These hazards include heavy rains, high winds, a storm surge, and even tornadoes. Storm surge pushes seawater on shore during a hurricane, flooding towns near the coast. Heavy rains cause flooding in inland places as well. This picture was taken after Hurricane Ike drenched parts of Texas in 2008. High winds, storm surge, flooding and tornadoes cause damage to houses and cars that are in the path of a hurricane.

The image here shows the different processes of the water cycle. Which specific interactions are most likely occurring when surface runoff causes weathering and erosion of the rocky hillside along the mountain range?

• atmosphere and geosphere

• biosphere and atmosphere

• hydrosphere and geosphere

• hydrosphere and atmosphere

Multiple Choice

This part of Earth's surface is where water is in solid form, including sea ice, lake ice, river ice, snow cover, glaciers, ice caps and ice sheets, and permafrost. Collectively, this is called the cryosphere. This sphere has a great impact on climate around the globe as it interacts with the __________ and ___________.

• geosphere and biosphere.

• hydrosphere and geosphere.

• atmosphere and hydrosphere.

• polarsphere and atmosphere.

Multiple Choice

The Earth is made up of five interdependent spheres: the geosphere (lithosphere), hydrosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, and atmosphere. The spheres are so closely connected that a change in one sphere often results in a change in one or more of the other spheres. This cause and effect relationship between an event and a sphere is called an interaction.

Water in the lake seeps into the cliff walls behind the dam and becomes groundwater or evaporates into the air. Which spheres are interacting in this example?

• hydrosphere only

• hydrosphere and atmosphere

• biosphere, hydrosphere, and cryosphere

• hydrosphere, geosphere, and atmosphere

Multiple Choice

In the tundra, life forms are limited by the interaction of several of Earth's spheres. One sphere that interacts with both the geosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere is the cryosphere. What is this sphere responsible for in the tundra?

• mountainous terrain

• ground permafrost

• poor, rocky soil

• low growing plants

Multiple Choice

Poor, rocky soil limits the life forms found in the tundra. In this case, the biosphere is being limited by the

• hydrosphere.

• atmosphere.

• cryosphere.

• geosphere.

Multiple Choice

In any marine biome, the major interaction of Earth's spheres is the _________ with the _____________.

• biosphere; hydrosphere

• cryosphere; biosphere

• hydrosphere; geosphere

• biosphere; atmosphere

Multiple Choice

Using the image here, we can trace the interaction of Earth's spheres. Plants (__________) draw water (___________) and nutrients from the soil (___________) and release water vapor into the atmosphere.

• biosphere; hydrosphere; geosphere

• cryosphere; biosphere; hydrosphere

• hydrosphere; biosphere; geosphere

• biosphere; atmosphere; hydrosphere

Multiple Choice

Which of these BEST describes the relationship between the atmosphere and hydrosphere?

• the atmosphere and hydrosphere have no relationship

• the hydrosphere grows due to the formation of volcanoes

• the solid layer of the hydrosphere is located in the atmosphere

• evaporation brings water into the atmosphere and condensation brings it back to the hydrosphere

Multiple Choice

The Earth system is made up of many spheres. These spheres interact. Imagine humans, part of the biosphere, have built this dam. The water in the lake behind the dam seeps in the ground. Some of the water flows over the dam and is converted into energy. Some water evaporates into the air. What spheres does the water, or hydrosphere, interact with in this example?

• aesthenosphere and cryosphere

• cryosphere and atmosphere

• geosphere and atmosphere

• atmosphere and biosphere

Multiple Choice

Water in the lake seeps into the cliff walls behind the dam, becoming groundwater, or evaporating into the air. Add to this scenario to include an interaction with the biosphere.

• Water in the lake seeps into the cliff walls behind the dam, becoming groundwater, or evaporating into the air causing rainfall.

• Water in the lake seeps into the cliff walls behind the dam, becoming groundwater, or evaporating into the air causing changes to the weather.

• Water in the lake seeps into the cliff walls behind the dam, becoming groundwater, or evaporating into the air where it condenses to form clouds.

• Water in the lake seeps into the cliff walls behind the dam where humans harness energy from the water, allowing excess to become groundwater, or evaporate into the air.

Multiple Choice

In both of these biomes, the life forms or biosphere, are limited greatly by the interaction or lack of interaction with another of Earth's spheres. What sphere is that?

• cryosphere

• atmosphere.

• geosphere.

• hydrosphere.