Interactions of the Four Spheres of Earth

If you were observing the Earth’s hydrosphere you would see which of the following features?

• Nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide

• Rock, soil, and sediments

• Glaciers, rivers, and oceans

• Plants, animals, and fungus

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Which of the following provides an example of an interaction between the hydrosphere and geosphere?

• Gases are released into the air when a volcano erupts.

• Air masses cool as they are forced upward over mountains.

• Burrowing animals, like groundhogs, dig holes in the ground to create tunnels.

• A delta is formed at the mouth of a river as soil and sediment is carried downstream.

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Which of the following provides an example of an interaction between the biosphere and the geosphere

• A apple tree growing in the soil.

• Rain falling from the clouds

• Water evaporating from a puddle

• A person swimming in a pool

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Which of the following provides an example of an interaction between the atmosphere and the geosphere.

• A plant absorbing sunlight

• A person drinking water

• Wind blowing bits of rock off a boulder and changing its shape

• Water filtering through rocks underground

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The Geosphere includes

• ice, water and water vapor

• rocks, lava and soil

• cats, dogs and pigs

• oxygen, hydrogen and air

The biosphere includes

• rats, cats and bats

• cats, rocks and snow

• chickens, rain and soil

• ice, snow and water

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When a volcano causes poisonous gases to be released into the air

• This is an interaction between the hydrosphere and atmosphere

• This is an interaction between the geosphere and hydrosphere

• This is an interaction between the geosphere and atmosphere

• This is an interaction between the geosphere and biosphere

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What happens during the condensation part of the water cycle?

• solid ice turns to liquid water

• liquid water turns to solid ice

• liquid water turns to invisible water vapor gas

• invisible water vapor gas is cooled and turns into liquid water drops

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Water that falls as rain and snow often filters through rocks and soil and collects as

• rivers

• ground water

• oceans

• streams

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