Earth Systems

All living things on earth are part of the....

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Cryosphere

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Earth is divided into four different spheres. Which statement is true about the interaction between two of these spheres?

• Weather is an interaction between the hydrosphere and the lithosphere.

• A plant receiving water from precipitation is an interaction between the biosphere and the hydrosphere.

• An ice cap providing shelter for an arctic animal is an interaction between the biosphere and the hydrosphere.

• The formation of the Grand Canyon is an example of an interaction between the lithosphere and the atmosphere.

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Mountains are a part of which system?

• Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

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the atmosphere is...

• all of earths water

• the gaseous layer that envelopes the earth.

• all the rock on earth

• all living things

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?

• crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
• inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

Where do convection cycles happen?

• core

• mantle

• crust

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What is the heat source for convection in the mantle?

• the Crust
• the Mantle
• the Core

A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a _______

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary.

• convergent boundary.

• rift valley.

The place where two plates come together is known as a _______

• transform boundary.

• divergent boundary.

• convergent boundary.

• rift valley.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is in this image?

• convergent plate boundary
• divergent plate boundary
• transform plate boundary
• subduction

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