Earth's Spheres Review

The biosphere includes ALL living things. Which of the following is NOT living?

• birds

• bacteria

• minerals

• plants

Which of the following animal lives in the geosphere?

• cat

• mole

• eagle

• fish

A squirrel makes its home in which sphere?

• biosphere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

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Which of the following disastersdoes NOT occur as an interaction with the hydrosphere?

• earthquake

• mudslide

• flood

• blizzard

A tropical storm or a hurricane occurs as an interaction betweeen atmosphere and the __

• geosphere

• biosphere

• hydrosphere

• lithosphere

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The greenhouse effect is caused by

• people burning fossil fuels

• tropical storms

• melting ice caps

• the moon reflecting the light of the sun

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The greenhouse effect can cause (choose two)

• more glaciers to form

• the burning of fossil fuels

• animals and plants to die

• temperatures of the atmosphere to increase

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The lithosphere includes

• plants and animals

• the crust

• the core

• the upper mantle

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Windmills help gather energy from the

• geosphere

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

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We look at a photograph of the earth, we can see that most of the water in the world is

• in rivers

• salt water

• frozen

• underground

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