Earth Science Chapter 1 Earth as a System

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 

This system is made up of all the water on or near the earth's surface

• Hydrosphere 
• Biosphere 
• Atmosphere 
• Geosphere 

The four spheres of Earth...

• are all connected
• have nothing to do with one another
• exist on Venus and Mars
• don't affect human life

The body of gases surrounding Earth is the...

• Hydrosphere 
• Biosphere 
• Atmosphere 
• Geosphere 

When living things breathe, they interact with which of Earth's spheres? 

• Geosphere 
• Hydrosphere 
• Atmosphere 
• Biosphere 

When plants draw nutrients from the soil, the interaction is between which two spheres? 

• The atmosphere and the geosphere 
• The geosphere and the hydrosphere 
• The hydrosphere and atmosphere 
• The biosphere and the geosphere 

A thunderstorm is a connection between:

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

This picture best describes which connection?

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

In a closed system, the only thing that can enter or leave is?

• Matter
• Energy

What would happen to Earth if it took in more energy than it released?

• It would get warmer
• It would get cooler
• Nothing