Unit 2- Earth Systems, Water Cycle, Heat Transfer

Where does the energy that runs the water cycle come from?

• oceans

• sun

• batteries

• wind

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Where does most of the water that evaporates come from?

• sun

• streams

• oceans

• puddles

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What is collected when people do experiments?

• graphs

• conclusions

• hypothesis

• specific data

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What type of scientific investigation is done to see which color light makes plants grow faster?

• experiment

• field study

• model

• simulation

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Inner earth, rocks, minerals, sand, and landforms belong to which Earth system?

• hydropshere

• geosphere

• bioshpere

• atmosphere

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Glaciers and icebergs belong to which Earth system?

• hyrdrosphere

• bioshpere

• geosphere

• cryosphere

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What temperature causes water vapor to condense?

• hot

• warm

• cool

• regular

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Which winds bring cool, dry winds to the islands near the equator?

• westerlies

• polar easterlies

• trade winds

• prevailing winds

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Which Earth systems interact when waves wash up on the beach?

• hydrosphere and geosphere

• cryosphere and biosphere

• biosphere and geosphere

• cryosphere and geosphere

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In what way do the hydrosphere and cryosphere interact?

• clouds in the cryosphere send precipitation

• when water in the hydrosphere melts, it joins the cryosphere

• when plants release water through transpiration

• when glaciers melt, the water joins the hydrosphere

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