Earth System

Which of the following is a part of the geosphere?

• cloud

• daisy

• elk

• cliff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

True or false

The outermost Earth system is made of water.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Where is most of the water of the hydrosphere found?

• deep within solid Earth

• in living things

• in the atmospere

• on the surface of Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Living plants remove ________ from the atmosphere.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

True or false

The rise in Earth's average surface temperature is often called global warming.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Phosphorus is not found in nature as an element, but combined with oxygen in compounds called ___________.

• carbon dioxide

• oxygenates

• phosphates

• hydropheres

True or false

All life on Earth exists in the geosphere.

What happens when an overgrowth of algae dies?

• too much carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere

• too much carbon dioxide is removed from the water

• too much oxygen is released into the atmosphere

• too much oxygen is removed from the water

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which is Earth's largest reservoir of carbon?

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Hurricanes and tsunamis form in which of the following parts of Earth?

• asthenosphere

• hydrosphere

• mantle

• upper core

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2