1.1 Earth's Spheres

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 

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Composed of all the water on or near the earth

• Hydrosphere 
• Biosphere 
• Atmosphere 
• Geosphere 

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This sphere is composed of all the living things 

• Hydrosphere 
• Biosphere 
• Atmosphere 
• Geosphere 

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Body of air surrounding our planet. 

• Hydrosphere 
• Biosphere 
• Atmosphere 
• Geosphere 

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

• Geosphere 
• Hydrosphere 
• Atmosphere 
• Biosphere 

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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 

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What might happen if the earth didn't have an atmosphere? 

• Everything would go flying off into space 
• The seasons would be longer 
• The earth's rotation would stop 
• We wouldn't be able to breathe 

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When a plants takes carbon dioxide from the air which two spheres are interacting? 

• Biosphere and atmosphere 
• Geosphere and atmosphere 
• Hydrosphere and atmosphere 
• Atmosphere and atmosphere 

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When volcanoes erupt, dust and ash particles spread through much of the air blocking the sun.  Which two spheres are interacting? 

• Hydrosphere and atmosphere 
• Geosphere and atmosphere 
• Biosphere and atmosphere 
• Atmosphere and atmosphere 

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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 

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