Toic 3 Lesson 1

What will happen to a landmass that becomes heavier gaining more water or other materials?

• sink

• flood

• glaciers will form

• heavy rainfall

Which of Earth’s spheres is the frozen component of another sphere?

• cryosphere

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

• ionsphere

Glaciers are part of which one of earths spheres?

• cryosphere

• biosphere

• hydrosphere

• ionsphere

What type of feedback causes a process to slow down or go in reverse?

• negative

• positive

What type of feedback causes a process to speed up or enhance the process that’s already on the way.

• positive

• negative

Name the two main sources of energy in earths systems.

• heat from the sun

• heat from the earth's interior

• heat from life force

• heat from plants

A relatively thin envelope of gases that forms Earth’s outermost layer is known as.

• atmosphere

• cryosphere

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

Earth’s mass in the form of rock and metal is known as.

• geosphere

• hydropshere

• atmosphere

• cyrosphere

All of earths water including the water that cycles through the atmosphere comes from the?

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

All living organisms are collectively known as part of which sphere?

• biosphere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere