Earth system

Define biosphere

• Life on earth
• Gas surrounding earth
• Water on earth
• The solid crust and semi fluid mantle of the earth

Define hydrosphere

• Life on earth
• Gas surrounding earth
• Water on earth
• The solid crust and semi fluid mantle of the earth

Define atmosphere

• Life on earth
• Gas surrounding earth
• Water on earth
• The solid crust and semi fluid mantle of the earth

Define geosphere

• Life on earth
• Gas surrounding earth
• Water on earth
• The solid crust and semi fluid mantle of the earth

Which of the earth spheres are interacting when evaporation occurs between the ocean and air?

• biosphere and atmosphere
• geosphere and biosphere
• atmosphere and hydrosphere
• biosphere and geosphere

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The wearing away of rocks and soil is ?

• erosion
• weathering
• deposition
• biological weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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What does constructive force mean?

• destroying land forms
• land forms from volcanoes
• creating new land forms by sediment
• creating rocks and dirt

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is weathering?

• a type of climate
• the movement of rock pieces from one place to another
• the breaking down of rock into smaller pieces
• a force that pulls pieces of rock downhill

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is a destructive force?

• A natural process that destroys land
• A natural process that creates land
• A natural process where areas that are normally dry is covered in water

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Volcanoes can create new land when they release

• lava
• water
• faults
• mud

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