Spheres and Cycles

Which stage does the show in the diagram?

• condensation

• evapotranspiration

• precipitation

• run off

According to this diagram, animals get proteins from eating ________________________

• decomposers

• bacteria

• plants

• sunlight

Observe the picture: Which part of the cycle shows how oxygen is returned into the atmosphere what's the name of these bacterias?

• Nitrifying bacterias

• Denitrifying bacteria

• Nitrogen fixing bacterias

• Gram positive bacterias.

When plants draw nutrients from the soil, the interaction is between which two spheres? 

• The atmosphere and the geosphere 

• The geosphere and the hydrosphere 

• The hydrosphere and atmosphere 

• The biosphere and the geosphere 

This sphere is the gaseous sphere of air around the earth.

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• hydrosphere

• lithosphere

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

• Hydrosphere 

• Biosphere 

• Atmosphere 

• Geosphere 

According to this diagram, plants use nitrogen to make _________________________

• bacteria

• animals

• proteins

• decomposers

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

• Hydrosphere and atmosphere 

• Geosphere and atmosphere 

• Biosphere and atmosphere 

• Atmosphere and atmosphere 

All of the carbon in existence is continually recycled in the carbon cycle

• True

• False

This sphere is the Earthś solid surface.

• lithosphere

• biosphere

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere