Living Systems Vocabulary 1

What is a system?

• A group of things that make a whole thing.

• A collection of things that interact.

• A set of objects that do something.

• A collection of interacting parts that work together to make something happen or create a whole.

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What is the hydrosphere?

• All of the water.

• Water on Earth in all of its states of matter.

• Icebergs, lakes, rivers and oceans.

• The water cycle.

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What is the biosphere?

• All plants, water, and animals

• All plants, animals, insects, and soil.

• All plants, animals, insects, and humans.

• All plants, insects, and people.

What does interact mean?

• Two or more objects or living things doing something together.

• Two or more objects doing something together.

• Two or more living things doing something together.

• One object or living thing doing something.

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What is the geosphere?

• Earth's rocks, minerals, and landforms.

• Earth's core and mantle.

• Earth's crust and core.

• Earth's soil and rocks.

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What is a subsystem?

• A small system.

• A subway system.

• A system that is a substitute.

• A system that is a part of a larger system.

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Choose the positive interaction.

• Eating a favorite dessert or treat.

• Staying inside bored because it's raining.

• Having the flu.

• Eating raw liver and onions.

Choose the examples of the geosphere.

• Dogs, cats, and blue whale.

• Helium, oxygen, and water vapor.

• Mountains, valleys, and rocks.

• The water cycle.

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Choose the list of systems.

• Paper, soil, and air.

• The Earth, school, and a cell phone.

• Rocks, minerals, and landforms.

• Water vapor, rivers, and lakes.

Choose the 3 parts of the hydrosphere.

• Rocks, minerals, and landforms.

• Helium, oxygen, and carbon dioxide.

• Animals, plants, and insects.

• Icebergs, rivers, and oceans.

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