Earth's Spheres

Which of the following is found in the earths Geosphere

• Soil

• Rocks

• Minerals

• All of the Above

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Of the earth's water how much of it is considered SALT water?

• 80%

• 97%

• 3%

• 30%

Which layer of our atmosphere protects us from the sun's harmful rays?

• Tropospheres

• Exosphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

Which is the highest layer of our atmosphere

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• exosphere

All living things on earth are part of the....

• Biosphere
• Lithosphere
• Hydrosphere
• Atmosphere

Oceans, rain, and glaciers belong to this sphere.

• Atmosphere
• Biosphere 
• Lithosphere
• Hydrosphere

Body of air surrounding our planet. 

• Hydrosphere 
• Biosphere 
• Atmosphere 
• Geosphere 

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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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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 

What is the greenhouse effect?

• The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
• The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
• The heating of a solid, such as a rock.

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