Earth's Spheres

Which sphere contains Earth's ice?

• biosphere

• cryosphere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

A fish living in water is where which two spheres overlap?

• the hydrosphere and cryosphere

• the biosphere and atmosphere

• the geosphere and hydrosphere

• the hydrosphere and biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An example of the cryosphere and hydrosphere overlapping would be

• Snow on a mountaintop

• An iceberg

• A polar bear on a glacier

• A chicken drinking from a mud puddle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An example of chemical weathering would be

• Wave action at the beach tumbling rocks

• Sandpaper used to polish a rock

• acid (rain) precipitation dissolving a rock

• A tree cracking a large rock as it grows over decades

The primary source of acid rain is:

• human activities

• Methane from cows

• deforestation

• lack of recycling programs

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The prefix "geo-" means:

• energy

• voltage

• heat

• earth

The prefix "bio-" indicates we are talking about:

• energy

• rocks

• living things

• heat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The prefix "thermo-" means we are talking about:

• chickens

• heat

• rocks

• living things

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The geosphere contains these three main regions:

• Trust, candle, sore

• crust, mantle, apple core

• crust, mantle, core

• crust, mandible, iron

Density means

• how much matter is in a given volume

• how hot matter can get

• how much energy is emitted by the sun

• How much french fries five chickens can eat in the Wendy's parking lot.