Unit 3: Interaction of Spheres

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

• Hydrosphere 
• Biosphere 
• Atmosphere 
• Geosphere 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This sphere is composed of all the living things 

• Hydrosphere 
• Biosphere 
• Atmosphere 
• Geosphere 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Water evaporating from the surface of a lake moves from the...

• Atmosphere to the geosphere 
• Geosphere to the hydrosphere 
• Hydrosphere to the atmosphere 
• Atmosphere to the hydrosphere 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• The biosphere and atmosphere 
• The atmosphere and geosphere 
• The geosphere and atmosphere 
• The biosphere and geosphere 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

When a plants takes carbon dioxide from the air which two spheres are interacting? 

• Biosphere and atmosphere 
• Geosphere and atmosphere 
• Hydrosphere and atmosphere 
• Atmosphere and atmosphere 

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

When carbon dioxide dissolves from the air into the ocean- the interaction is between...

• The atmosphere and lithsphere 
• The atmosphere and hydrosphere 
• The atmosphere and biosphere 
• The atmosphere and atmosphere 

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

This includes the gases that surround the earth, giving us a protective layer. 

• Hydrosphere
• Atmosphere
• Lithosphere
• Biosphere

What sphere do ice sheets belong too?

• Biosphere
• Geosphere
• Cryosphere
• Atmosphere

Sometimes fires burn down large areas of forests that are part of the biosphere. Other than the biosphere, which of Earth’s other systems is a forest fire most likely to affect? 

• geosphere
• cryosphere
• atmosphere
• hydrosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

When trees die, they often fall on the ground and decompose. Which part of the Earth system includes dead and decomposed trees?

• biosphere

• crosophere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere