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

• The rocks, minerals, and soil of the Earth

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 atmosphere?

• The portion of the Earth where life is found

• The frozen part of the hydrosphere

• The gases surrounding the Earth

• The rocks, minerals, and soil of the Earth

What is the biosphere?

• The portion of the Earth where life is found

• The frozen part of the hydrosphere

• The gases surrounding the Earth

• The rocks, minerals, and soil of the Earth

How do the Earth's spheres interact?

• They don't interact

• They interact through volcanic eruptions

• They interact as environmental conditions change

• They interact through earthquakes

What is ecology?

• The study of interactions between organisms and their environments

• The study of rocks, minerals, and soil

• The study of water on Earth

• The study of the atmosphere

What are biotic factors?

• Living organisms that inhabit an environment

• Nonliving parts of an environment

• The study of interactions between organisms and their environments

• The study of rocks, minerals, and soil

What is a niche?

• The unique role a species plays in the environment

• Where an organism lives

• The study of interactions between organisms and their environments

• The study of rocks, minerals, and soil

What is the lithosphere?

• The lithosphere is the rigid outer layer of the Earth.

• The lithosphere is the liquid inner layer of the Earth.

• The lithosphere is the atmospheric layer of the Earth.

• The lithosphere is the core of the Earth.