Earth's Spheres

When volcanoes erupt, dust and ash particles spread through much of the air blocking the sun. Which two spheres are interacting?

• geosphere and atmosphere

• atmosphere and biosphere

• atmosphere and hydrosphere

• atmosphere and atmosphere

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When living things breathe, they interact with which of Earth's spheres? 

• geosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

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This sphere includes the continents, the ocean floor, all the rocks on the surface, and all of the sand in the deserts. 

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• geosphere

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The ________is the sphere inhabited by life.

• biosphere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

When carbon dioxide dissolves from the air into the ocean - the interaction is between

• the atmosphere and hydrosphere

• the atmosphere and lithophere

• the atmosphere and atmosphere

• the atmosphere and biosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Composed of all the liquid water on or near the earth

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• cryosphere

• geosphere

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Wind can carry seed to new places, so more plants can grow are interactions between the

• atmosphere and geosphere

• geosphere and biosphere

• atmosphere and biosphere

• atmosphere and geosphere

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Lithosphere is another way of saying Geosphere?

• True

• False

Which of Earth's spheres contains Ice?

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Geosphere

• Cryosphere

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The cryosphere includes all but

• ice
• snow
• liquid water
• permafrost