The Earth System

____________ is the outermost system which is an invisible layer of gases that surround the planet.

• biosphere

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

Which Earth system includes all of Earth's water?

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which Earth system includes only the solid part of Earth?

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

Which Earth system includes the crust, mantle, and the core?

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

Which Earth system includes living things?

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

Which is not a function of the atmosphere

• Keeps us warm

• allows organisms to cycle oxygen

• contains all life on Earth

• allows organisms to cycle carbon dioxide

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following is wrong about the Water Cycle?

• Water evaporates from the hydrosphere to the atmosphere

• Water falls from the atmosphere to the geosphere

• The biosphere does not play an important part in the cycle

• It uses all four spheres of Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which spheres are interacting when a volcano erupts and releases gas into the air.

• Biosphere & Geo/ Lithosphere
• Atmosphere & Hydrosphere
• Geo/Lithosphere & Atmosphere
• Cryosphere & Biosphere

This sphere protects organisms that live on Earth by blocking out the harmful UV rays from the Sun.

• Hydrosphere
• Geosphere/Lithosphere
• Atmosphere
• Biosphere

All water on Earth is recycled through ____.

• the water cycle
• pockets of nitrogen
• exhaled gas
• dead organic material

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4