Earth System Science

All of the living and nonliving in a certain area and how they interact.

• biotic

• abiotic

• ecosystem

• event

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

All of the living organisms in an ecosystem.

• biotic

• abiotic

• ecosystem

• event

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

All of the non-living things in an ecosystem.

• biotic

• abiotic

• ecosystem

• event

This sphere includes the continents, the ocean floor, all the rocks on the surface, and all of the sand in the deserts.

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Lithosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This sphere is where all of the other spheres combine to create a place for all the living things

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Lithosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Body of air surrounding our planet.

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Geosphere

• Lithosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Water evaporating from the surface of a lake moves from the...

• Atmosphere to the geosphere

• Lithosphere to the hydrosphere

• Hydrosphere to the atmosphere

• Atmosphere to the hydrosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When living things breathe, they interact with which of Earth's spheres?

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Lithosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Oceans, rivers, lakes, and the moisture in the air are all part of which of Earth's spheres?

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Geosphere

• Lithosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When plants draw nutrients from the soil, the interaction is between which two spheres?

• The atmosphere and the lithosphere

• The geosphere and the hydrosphere

• The hydrosphere and atmosphere

• The biosphere and the lithosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3