Earth Chapter 1 Vocabulary Quiz

Which Earth system includes rocks, sand, and mountains?

• geosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

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Buffalo, people, and flowers are part of what Earth System?

• hydrospere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• geosphere

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

• biosphere

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere

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What does the Cryosphere Include???

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What is the atmosphere?

• all the air and gases on the planet

• made up of living things

• the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

• the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

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Meteorology is...

• Moisture falling from the atmosphere as rain, snow, or hail

• A force exerted onto a surface by the weight of air molecules

• The study of weather

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What branch of Earth Science does this picture represent?

• Oceanography
• Meteorology 
• Geology
• Astronomy

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What is oceanography?

• The study of dolphins.

• The study of the ocean.

• The study of jellyfish.

• The study of waves.

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The study of the Earth, the materials of which it is made, the structure of those materials, and the processes acting upon them. It includes the study of organisms and rocks that have inhabited our planet.

• Fossil

• Geological Timescale

• Geology

• Rocks

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the study of how the natural world works, how the environment affects humans and how humans affect the environment

• environment

• environmental science

• environmentalism

• ethics

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