Earth's Environmental Systems

Erosion is an example of ____.

• positive feedback loop

• negative feedback loop

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Earth's core is a component of the ____.

• atmosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

___ is the layer of the atmosphere that protects the biosphere from the sun’s radiation.

Which of the following causes earthquakes?

• erosion

• deposition

• plate tectonics

• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The Haber-Bosch process impacts which biogeochemical cycle?

• water cycle

• phosphorus cycle

• carbon cycle

• nitrogen cycle

____ occurs when water vapor (gas) turns to a liquid.

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Organisms such as bacteria and fungi that break down waste and dead organisms are known as ____.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Subduction occurs at a _____ plate boundary.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

"the living Earth"

• atmosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Phosphorus cycles from the atmosphere to the biosphere through photosynthesis.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6