Quiz#7 Earth Systems Review

Which Earth system primarily includes the planet's solid surface, including continents and ocean floors?

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

Which Earth cycle involves the movement of carbon through living organisms, the atmosphere, and the Earth's crust?

• Water Cycle

• Rock Cycle

• Carbon Cycle

• Nitrogen Cycle

What are biogeochemical cycles?

• exchange of matter in the biosphere

• exchange of only carbon in the biosphere

• exchange of living organisms in the biosphere

• exchange of fossil fuels in the biosphere

The Geosphere is...

• All liquid water on Earth

• A 100km thick layer of gases

• frozen water on earth

• Earths entire solid body

Earth is divided into four different spheres. Which statement is true about the interaction between two of these spheres?

• Weather is an interaction between the hydrosphere and the geosphere.

• A plant receiving water from precipitation is an interaction between the biosphere and the hydrosphere.

• An ice cap providing shelter for an arctic animal is an interaction between the biosphere and the hydrosphere.

• The formation of the Grand Canyon is an example of an interaction between the geosphere and the atmosphere.

How do the geosphere and the biosphere interact?

• Fossil fuels in the geosphere used to be living.

• Bacteria is in the air.

• Water rains onto the geosphere.