Water Cycle

What is the atmosphere?

• all water inside earth, on the surface of earth, and in the air that surrounds earth.

• the soil, rock, and land that makes up earth.

• all the gases that is found around earth and are found in earth.

• all living things found anywhere in, on, or around earth.

What is the hydrosphere?

• all water inside earth, on the surface of earth, and in the air that surrounds earth.

• the soil, rock, and land that makes up earth.

• all the gases that is found around earth and are found in earth.

• all living things found anywhere in, on, or around earth.

What is the biosphere?

• all water inside earth, on the surface of earth, and in the air that surrounds earth.

• the soil, rock, and land that makes up earth.

• all the gases that is found around earth and are found in earth.

• all living things found anywhere in, on, or around earth.

What is the geosphere?

• all water inside earth, on the surface of earth, and in the air that surrounds earth.

• the soil, rock, and land that makes up earth.

• all the gases that is found around earth and are found in earth.

• all living things found anywhere in, on, or around earth.

Which picture best illustrates a part of the hydrosphere?

• Desert

• Outer Space

• Mountain

• River

Which of the following are found in Earth's biosphere? Select the three correct answers.

• humans

• plants

• animals

• rocks

• water

Which of the following statements best describes the Earth's hydrosphere?

• All water inside Earth, on the surface of Earth, and in the air that surrounds Earth.

• The soil, rock, and land that makes up Earth.

• All the gases that are found in and around Earth.

• All living things found anywhere in, on, or around Earth.

How do the hydrosphere and atmosphere interact?

• Living things in the atmosphere need water from the hydrosphere as a resource.

• Gases in the hydrosphere are essential for plants and all forms of life in the atmosphere.

• Liquid water in the hydrosphere evaporates to become water vapor in the atmosphere.

• Water from the hydrosphere seeps through cracks in rocks in the atmosphere.

A student wants to show how the hydrosphere and the atmosphere interact. Which model could the student make to show this interaction?

• a model of a cloud forming in the sky

• a life-cycle diagram of a frog in a pond

• a model of a volcano releasing gas into the air

• separate drawings of the ocean and of the sky

A canyon forming is an example of which two of Earth's spheres interacting? Select the two correct answers.

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere