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What are the fundamental cycles of matter that form the basis of our natural resources?

• Water cycle, carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, and phosphorus cycle

• Rock cycle, water cycle, carbon cycle, and oxygen cycle

• Water cycle, oxygen cycle, nitrogen cycle, and phosphorus cycle

• Rock cycle, carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, and phosphorus cycle

What are Earth's principal natural resources?

• Plants, animals, water, air, soil, and rock

• Fossil fuels, wood, minerals, and metal ores

• Plants, animals, water, air, and rock

• Fossil fuels, wood, minerals, and precious metals

What are the environmental impacts of natural resource extraction and use?

• Decreased biodiversity, pollution, and habitat destruction

• Increased biodiversity, pollution, and habitat destruction

• Decreased biodiversity, clean energy production, and habitat preservation

• Increased biodiversity, clean energy production, and habitat preservation

How is matter organized on Earth?

• In four primary spheres: atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere

• In three primary spheres: atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere

• In five primary spheres: atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, and exosphere

• In two primary spheres: atmosphere and lithosphere

What is the Earth's layered structure?

• Core, mantle, crust, and atmosphere

• Core, mantle, crust, and hydrosphere

• Core, mantle, crust, and biosphere

• Core, mantle, crust, and lithosphere

What causes the movement of tectonic plates?

• Convection from the hot molten in Earth's core

• Convection from the Earth's inner core

• Convection from the Earth's outer core

• Convection from the Earth's mantle

What is the Ring of Fire?

• A subduction zone at the edges of the Pacific Ocean tectonic plate

• A volcanic ring around the equator

• A region with high seismic activity

• A region with high volcanic activity

Where do volcanic eruptions bring elements that were trapped deep within the Earth?

• To the Earth's surface

• To the Earth's core

• To the Earth's mantle

• To the Earth's atmosphere

Where does soil formation occur?

• At the interface of all four spheres: atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere

• Only in the lithosphere

• Only in the biosphere

• Only in the hydrosphere

How do various types of matter move within and across the four spheres?

• Through biogeochemical cycles

• Through energy flow

• Through plate tectonics

• Through volcanic eruptions