Earth's System Vocabulary

The word part "geo" means

(examples: geography, geology, geosphere)

• ground

• water

• air

• fire

The word part "bio" means

(examples: biology, biography, biosphere)

• ground

• water

• life

• air

The lithosphere is part of the

• atmosphere

• geosphere

• biosphere

• atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The lithosphere is broken into pieces called

• faults

• mantle

• crust

• plates

An organism is

• water

• a living thing

• a nonliving thing

• a sphere

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Which is NOT one of the four major systems of Earth?

• hydrosphere

• aerosphere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

All living things on Earth make up the

• biosphere

• lithosphere

• hydrophere

• atmosphere

The mixture of gases that surround the earth is the

• hydropshere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

• hydropshere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

All of the water on Earth is the

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Any harmful material in the environment is

• an ecosystem

• conservation

• climate change

• pollution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3