Systems of Earth

This is a large body of saltwater

• estuary

• river

• ocean

• runoff

This is water from rain or snow that moves into rivers or the ground

• estuary

• river

• ocean

• runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

This system contains all of the water on Earth

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• geosphere/lithosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

This system contains all of the gases on Earth

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere/lithosphere

• hydrosphere

This system refers to all of the living things on Earth

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere/lithosphere

• hydrosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

This system refers to the Earth's crust (rock and sand)

• hydrosphere

• geosphere/lithosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Seals raise their young on the Arctic ice floes. Which two spheres are interacting?

• hydrosphere and biosphere

• geosphere and atmosphere

• biosphere and atmosphere

• geosphere and biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

How much of Earth's water is saltwater?

• 97%

• 2%

• 1%

• 6%

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

How much of Earth's freshwater is frozen in glaciers?

• 97%

• 1%

• 2%

• 6%

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The changing of a liquid to a gas is called

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

• hydration

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4