Sphere Study Guide

This sphere includes the continents, ocean floor, all the rocks on the surface and all of the sand in the deserts. 

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This sphere is the entire body of air surrounding our planet.

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

This sphere is composed of all of the liquid water on or near the earth. 

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

This sphere is composed of all of the living things.

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

Water evaporating from the surface of a lake moves from the...

• Atmosphere to the geosphere

• Hydrosphere to the atmosphere

• Biosphere to the geosphere

• Geosphere to the hydrosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When nitrogen is returned to the soil, the interaction is between which two spheres?

• Geosphere and atmosphere

• Atmosphere and biosphere

• Hydrosphere and atmosphere

• Biosphere and geosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

When living things breathe, which of the earth's spheres are interacting? 

• Hydrosphere and atmosphere

• Atmosphere and biosphere

• Biosphere and geosphere

• Geosphere and hydrosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

When plants take carbon dioxide from the air, which two spheres are interacting? 

• Hydrosphere and atmosphere

• Atmosphere and biosphere

• Biosphere and geosphere

• Geosphere and atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

According to the breakdown of all of the water on the earth's surface, where is most of the water found?

• streams, rivers, creeks

• ground water

• glaciers, ice caps

• ocean

When plants draw nutrients from the soil, the interaction is between which two spheres?

• Hydrosphere and atmosphere

• Atmosphere and biosphere

• Biosphere and geosphere

• Geosphere and atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3