Chapter 2 Quiz

What is your first and last name?

The water cycle is part of which two earth systems?

• Atmosphere and Geosphere
• Lithosphere and Atmosphere
• Atmosphere and Hydrosphere
• Hyrdrosphere and Lithosphere

Which of the following is an interaction between a biosphere and lithosphere/geosphere?

• Construction workers building McCluer High School.
• Construction workers drinking water out of the fountains.
• Water eroding down the side of a hill.
• Plants take in carbon dioxide and produce oxygen.

How would the hydrosphere interact with the biosphere?

• Animals taking in oxygen for survival
• Plants taking in carbon dioxide
• Rain provides water for animals to drink and survive
• The mantle provides heat for volcanoes

Industrial buildings that create large smoke stakes is a direct result of humans interacting negatively with which system?

• Hydrosphere
• Atmosphere
• Lithosphere
• Biosphere

Why is biodiversity of other organisms important to humans, such as bees in pollination or forests in carbon storage?

• It provides ecosystem stability.
• It has no impact on humans
• It decreases food security.
• It leads to environmental degradation.

Condensation within the clouds occurs similar like when you see dew forming on grass in the early morning. What happens?

• Clouds absorb sunlight and heat up.
• Air pressure increases significantly.
• Wind speeds decrease dramatically.
• Water vapor cools and changes into liquid droplets.

A pine tree is seen coming out of the side of a rock wall. Which two systems are interacting with each other with this example?

• Geosphere and Lithosphere
• Geosphere and Hydrosphere
• Geosphere and Atmosphere
• Geosphere and Biosphere

The lithosphere and geosphere both have to do with the earths_______________.

• Crust
• nitrogen cycle
• hydrogen cycle
• None of the these

A dense forest with a large variety of species and abundant rainfall.

• Deciduous Forest
• Taiga
• Tundra
• Rainforest