Earths Atmosphere

The Earth system is a

• a large and complex system with many elements, parts, and processes.

• a large and complex system with 15 elements, two parts, and no processes.

• a large and simple system with few elements, few parts, and few processes.

• a large system with just a few elements and parts, but many complex processes

Which group of things is part of the hydrosphere?

• oxygen, nitrogen, helium, and pollutants

• sand, hills, ash, gravel, lava

• rivers, steam, ice cubes, ponds, fog, rain

• sunflowers, coral, mice, snakes, mold, humans

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Which statement shows an interaction among Earth's spheres?

• Rain falls and waters plants, helping them to grow.

• An asteroid strikes the Earth, forming a huge crater.

• A pack of wolves hunts a herd of deer in the woods.

• Ice melts and flows into a stream that flows into a large lake.

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Most of the oxygen that animals, including people, need to breathe is given off by

• erupting volcanoes and tsunami wave action.

• meteorites and space dust that enter the atmosphere

• plants and certain organisms that perform photosynthesis.

• complex atmospheric processes that are fueled by energy from the sun.

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To predict weather, the elements of weather that are measured include

• air temperature, air pressure, wind, precipitation, and atmospheric humidity.

• air temperature, ground temperature, ocean temperature, and cloud temperature.

• air pressure, global precipitation, atmospheric humidity, and ground temperature.

• air temperature, tectonic pressure, rain, ocean temperature, and atmospheric humidity.

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Scientists model the Earth system by dividing it into what four parts?

• sun, land, water, living things

• air, water, surface, inner core

• air, fire, water, ice

• land, water, living things, air

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The condition of the atmosphere and its phenomena in a certain place at a specific time is called

• environment.

• Earth.

• ozone.

• weather.

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Which of these describes the atmosphere?

• A mixture of organic substances, nearly all which are visible and have odor.

• A mixture of many substances nearly all of which are invisible and odorless.

• A mixture of many visible substances from all four spheres of the Earth system.

• A mixture of a few inorganic substances, some of which are visible, dense, and odorless.

The layers that make up the atmosphere are

• warm air, cold air, and ozone.

• the biosphere, the hydrosphere, and the geosphere.

• clouds, aerosols, air particles, water, vapor, and sunlight.

• the troposphere, the stratosphere, the mesosphere, the thermosphere, and the exosphere.

Which phenomena describes weather conditions?

• airless and dark

• steep and rocky

• flat and still

• clear and windy

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