6A Earth subsystem

Which sphere contains all living things on Earth?

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

Which Earth sphere contains oxygen, water vapor, nitrogen and other gases to help us survive?

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

What is the name of the thin layer of solid rock that makes up the outermost part of Earth?

• core
• crust
• mantle
• biosphere

The Geosphere is...

• All liquid water on Earth
• A 100km thick layer of gases
• frozen water on earth
• Earths entire solid body 

Igneous rocks which formed from lava which erupted on the earth’s surface.

• intrusive rocks

• extrusive rocks

• endotrusive rocks

• peritrusive rocks

Forms most of the crust which includes the crust on the ocean floor.

• granite

• schist

• gneiss

• basalt

Are small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things.

• debris

• sediments

• deposits

• soil

The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together.

• crystallization

• compaction

• cementation

• melting

It refers to substances that once were part of living things or were made by living things.

• organic

• Bio

• inorganic

• fossil

In a process that takes place deep beneath the surface, heat and pressure can change any type of rock into ____________

• metamorphism

• metamorphosis

• metamorphic

• metacognition