Earth's Sphere Interactions

What sphere makes up most of Earth?

• The biosphere

• The geosphere

• The atmosphere

• The hydrosphere

How does loss of sea ice affect polar bears?

• The bears can easily live on the land.

• The bears do better - they have more food.

• The bears have trouble hunting for food - with less ice.

• The bear population increases.

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How does removing trees affect the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

• The carbon dioxide increases

• The carbon dioxide stays the same

• The carbon dioxide decreases.

• The trees produce more oxygen - not carbon dioxide.

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What form does carbon have in the atmosphere and the hydrosphere?

• Carbon is solid

• Carbon is liquid

• Carbon dioxide (gas)

• Rocks

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What part of the geosphere is thinner and denser?

• The core

• The mantle

• The continental crust

• The oceanic crust

How does heat rise in the mantle?

• Heat transfers by convection currents

• Heat transfers by conduction

• Heat transfers by radiation

• Heat is coming from the Sun

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How do burning fossil fuels change the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere?

• The carbon dioxide is not affected.

• The carbon dioxide decreases.

• The carbon dioxide increases.

• Fossil fuels put oxygen in the atmosphere

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What is a watershed?

• A part of the geosphere - it is land and rocks.

• A part of the hydrosphere - water is moving.

• The land (geosphere) that is drained by river system.

• The sediment that moves in the river.

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In the water cycle - how does water get into the atmosphere?

• The Sun's energy makes the water evaporate

• The rain falls to Earth - by gravity.

• The water is lifted up by wind.

• The water changes from gas to liquid.

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How is carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere?

• A volcano erupts

• Animals and humans breathe it.

• When things decompose

• The oceans absorb it.

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