Spheres of the EArth

(_______________)- Land (Earth's core, mantle, mountains, sand, metals)

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

(_______________)- Water (oceans, lakes, rivers, groundwater, glaciers)

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

(_______________)- Air (oxygen, nitrogen, water vapor, zone, wind)

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

(_______________)- Life (plants, animals, insects, humans)

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

(_______________) Groundwater is absorbed plants into their roots (_______________).

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

What is the geosphere?

• all the air and gases on the planet

• all the frozen water on the Earth

• the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

• the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

What is the biosphere?

• all the air and gases on the planet

• made up of living things

• the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

• the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

What is the hydrosphere?

• all the air and gases on the planet

• made up of living things

• the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

• the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

What is the atmosphere?

• all the air and gases on the planet

• made up of living things

• the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

• the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

Comes from the Greek word for "life"

• bio-

• hydro-

• atmo-

• geo-