Chapter 1 Earth Systems Test

About 79% of Earth’s freshwater is contained in the cryosphere.

• True

• False

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Water leaves the plant life of biosphere and enters the atmosphere by way of transpiration.

• True

• False

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The outermost Earth system is made of water.

• True

• False

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What is the outermost Earth system made of ?

• water

• land

• biolife

• gases

The atmosphere and the hydrosphere overlap.

• True

• False

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Tropical waters provide the potential energy that produces hurricanes.

• True

• False

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What provides the potential energy that produces hurricanes?

• Atlantic Ocean

• thermal energy

• kinetic energy

• the climate

Which of the following is NOT one of the four systems into which scientists divide Earth?

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

• hemisphere

• biosphere

What happens to the atmosphere as you move from space toward Earth’s surface?

• It becomes thinner

• It becomes more dense

• It becomes steadily warmer

• It becomes steadily cooler

Where is water stored?

• on Earth's surface

• in the atmosphere

• underground

• all of the above

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