Earth systems and Climate

Earth system that includes rocks, sand, and mountains

• Lithosphere

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• cryosphere

Bears, people, and trees are part of what Earth System?

• Biosphere

• Cryosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

This Earth System includes rivers, lakes, glaciers, and clouds.

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

What is an interaction with the lithosphere?

• drinking a glass of water

• digging a hole in the backyard

• a factory releasing chemicals into the air

• a beaver building a dam

Which is an interaction with the atmosphere?

• a new tree absorbing rainwater through its roots

• a car releasing too much carbon monoxide

• pond water evaporating

• algae growing in a pond

How do the lithosphere and the biosphere interact?

• Soil contains living parts.

• Humans build roads and houses with bricks and rocks

• Humans drinking water

• Clouds in the atmosphere

The hydrosphere consist of all the ______ in the earth

What is a "system"?

• an underground layer of rock that holds groundwater
• visible mass of tiny water droplets or ice crystals
• a group of parts working together

TRUE OR FALSE:
No part (sphere) acts alone without influencing another part (sphere)

• True
• False

Lava from a volcano is destroying a forest. This is an example of what two spheres interacting?

• Hydrosphere and Lithosphere

• Biosphere and Lithosphere

• Lithosphere and Atmosphere

• Cryosphere and Lithosphere