When water freezes, it expands. When it rains, water can get in the cracks of rocks. If the temperatures drop, the water can turn to ice and split the rocks. Which Earth systems are involved when this happens?

atmosphere, hydrosphere and geosphere

atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere

Which step of the water cycle is described correctly ?

Condensation occurs when vapor turns into a liquid.

Evaporation occurs when vapor turns into a liquid.

Precipitation occurs when water flows across the land.

Runoff occurs when water falls from the sky.

Which statement is true about the water on Earth?

Most of Earth's water is salty and found in the oceans.

Most of Earth's water is fresh water.

Most of Earth's water is frozen.

Most of Earth's water is found in the ground.

Water conservation has become a very important issue for society. Why would watering crops, grass, and other plants early in the morning be considered a good way to conserve water?

Air temperature is usually cooler in the morning so less water evaporates.

Water absorbed in the ground can be recycled for use later in the day.

Water can only be absorbed early in the morning.

More water is available in the morning hours.

In most states, automobiles must be inspected every year to make sure that the exhaust fumes they emit do not contain high levels of pollutants such as carbon monoxide. How does this process best help humans protect the environment?

It maintains the quality of the atmosphere.

It recycles nutrients from one ecosystem to another.

It ensures cars are energy efficient.

It allows humans to control and maintain the water cycle.

Sapsuckers are birds that make their homes in the forest and feed off the sap of the trees. If humans clear-cut the forest, what will most likely happen to the sapsuckers?

The number of sapsuckers will decrease.

The sapsuckers will change their diet.

The number of sapsuckers will increase.

The sapsuckers will live longer.

Which action is most likely going to produce a positive influence on an existing ecosystem?

planting trees to replace a forest

paving sidewalks around a neighborhood

Which process immediately results in water pollution?

releasing chemicals into a stream

spreading fertilizer on a field

Which human activity positively impacts all organisms in an environment?

creating a nature preserve for humans and animals

building factories that create air pollution

cutting down a forest for farmland

dumping toxic waste into a nearby river

Kallie read in a science journal that the lake in her city once had many different types of fish. However, with an increase in human population, the fish populations in the lake decreased. What might be a reason for the decrease of the fish populations in the lake?

dumping of city waste in the lake

an increase in the amount of rainfall

the construction of a bridge over the lake

When humans do not conserve, some renewable resources can become nonrenewable. What is not a good way to conserve?

Turn off water when brushing teeth.

Use collected rain water to water plants.

Turn off electrical appliances when not in use.

Which activity is the best example of recycling?

making new paper from previously used paper

drilling into ocean basins for oil

using public transportation to travel in a city

Earth Systems

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Temperature is apart of what earth system?

biosphere

geosphere

hydrosphere

atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

collection is apart of what earth system?

biosphere

geosphere

hydrosphere

atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

tectonic plates are apart of what earth system?

biosphere

geosphere

hydrosphere

atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

ocean is apart of what earth system?

biosphere

geosphere

hydrosphere

atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

glaciers are apart of what earth system?

biosphere

geosphere

hydrosphere

atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

wind is apart of what earth system?

biosphere

geosphere

hydrosphere

atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

animals are apart of what earth system?

biosphere

geosphere

hydrosphere

atmosphere

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