The Four Spheres

The part of Earth’s ecosystem that contains all the water:

• Atmosphere
• Biosphere
• Hydrosphere
• Lithosphere

All the water on Earth. This includes all of the rivers, lakes, streams, oceans, groundwater, polar ice caps and glaciers.

• geosphere
• biosphere
• hydrosphere
• atmosphere

A very large area of ice that moves slowly down a slope or valley or over a wide area of land.

• glacier
• iceberg
• snorlax
• tundra

All of the rocks, minerals, and ground that are found on and in Earth

• geosphere
• biosphere
• hydrosphere
• atmosphere

All of the living organisms on earth, including all plants and animals.

• geosphere
• biosphere
• hydrosphere
• atmosphere

The outer layer of earth, contains all of the gases on earth

• geosphere
• biosphere
• hydrosphere
• atmosphere

Carbon Dioxide is used in photosynthesis:

• Atmosphere-Biosphere
• Atmosphere-Hydrosphere
• Hydrosphere-Geosphere
• Biosphere-Hydrosphere

We make energy by burning fossil fuels. Which two spheres are interacting here?

• Atmosphere-Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere-Geosphere

• Geosphere-Hydrosphere

• Biosphere-Hydrosphere

Water dissolves limestone underground creating a cave.

Which two systems are interacting here?

• bio and hydro

• geo and atmos

• hydro and geo

• atmos and bio

Acid rain kills nearby plants.

Which two systems are interacting here?

• bio and hydro

• geo and atmos

• hydro and geo

• atmos and bio