Earth's Systems

How can you remove salt to make salt water drinkable?

• By boiling the water and collecting the steam

• By adding sugar to the water

• By freezing the water

• By shaking the water vigorously

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What powers the water cycle?

• the sun

• All the living things on Earth

• decomposers

• ocean currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Fill in the blank: The mixture of gases that surround a planet is called the _________.

• atmosphere

• lithosphere

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Fill in the blank: All the living things on Earth are part of the _________.

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• lithosphere

• hydrosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Like the outside of this cup, the process by which a gas changes into a liquid is called _________.

• condensation

• evaporation

• sublimation

• deposition

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The process by which a liquid changes into a gas is called _________.

• evaporation

• condensation

• sublimation

• freezing

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The solid portion of Earth that includes rock, soil, sand, all the way to the Earth's core is known as the _________.

• geosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Fill in the blank: All of Earth's water, taken together in all states of matter, is called the _________.

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• lithosphere

• biosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water that falls from the air to Earth's surface is known as _________.

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process in which water continuously moves from Earth's surface into the atmosphere and back again is called the _________.

• water cycle

• carbon cycle

• nitrogen cycle

• oxygen cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4