Earth Spheres and Ecology

What are the 4 spheres of the earth?

• Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere

• Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Cryosphere, Atmosphere

• Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, Cryosphere, Biosphere

• Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere

What is the geosphere?

• The portion of the earth where life is found

• The frozen part of the hydrosphere

• The gases surrounding the earth

• Rocks, minerals, and soil

What is the hydrosphere?

• The portion of the earth where life is found

• The frozen part of the hydrosphere

• The gases surrounding the earth

• All the water on Earth's surface, underground, and in the air

What is the cryosphere?

• The portion of the earth where life is found

• The frozen part of the hydrosphere

• The gases surrounding the earth

• Rocks, minerals, and soil

What is the atmosphere?

• The portion of the earth where life is found

• The frozen part of the hydrosphere

• The gases surrounding the earth

• Rocks, minerals, and soil

What is the biosphere?

• The portion of the earth where life is found

• The frozen part of the hydrosphere

• The gases surrounding the earth

• Rocks, minerals, and soil

What is one way the biosphere and hydrosphere interact?

• Rain falls on the soil, causing grass to grow

• Glaciers and sea ice are monitored to collect data about climate change

• The atmosphere is made mostly of nitrogen and oxygen

• The biosphere extends high into the air and below the surface into the oceans

What is ecology?

• The study of interactions between organisms and their environments

• The study of rocks, minerals, and soil

• The study of all the water on Earth's surface, underground, and in the air

• The study of the gases surrounding the earth

How are living things organized?

• Individual, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biome, Biosphere

• Population, Individual, Community, Ecosystem, Biome, Biosphere

• Individual, Community, Population, Ecosystem, Biome, Biosphere

• Population, Community, Individual, Ecosystem, Biome, Biosphere

How do biotic and abiotic factors differ?

• Biotic factors and abiotic factors are the same and have no differences.

• Biotic factors are non-living components, while abiotic factors are living organisms.

• Biotic factors are non-living organisms, while abiotic factors are living components.

• Biotic factors are living organisms, while abiotic factors are non-living components.