Earth's Major Spheres, Evolution of Earth, & Plate Tectonics

Which spheres are interacting in a volcanic eruption?

• hydrosphere and atmosphere

• atmosphere and biosphere

• atmosphere and geosphere

• geosphere and cryosphere

Which of earth's spheres includes the oceans, groundwater, lakes, and glaciers?

• the atmosphere

• the hydrosphere

• the biosphere

• the geosphere

The life forms of the biosphere are located in the the ________.

• geosphere only

• hydrosphere and atmosphere only

• atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere

• hydrosphere only

Energy from the sun is stored by plants. When animals eat the plants, they acquire the energy originally captured by the plants. Between which two spheres is this interaction?

• Hydrosphere and biosphere

• Atmosphere and biosphere

• Biosphere and biosphere

• Geosphere and biosphere

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

During daylight hours, a plant takes carbon dioxide from the air and emits oxygen into the air. Which spheres are interacting in this activity?

• Biosphere and atmosphere

• Geosphere and atmosphere

• Hydrosphere and atmosphere

• Atmosphere and atmosphere

When a whale breathes, which of Earth's spheres are interacting?

• Geosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Bioshphere

Water evaporating from the surface of a lake moves from the ...

• atmosphere to the geosphere

• geosphere to the hydrosphere

• hydrosphere to the atmosphere

• atmosphere to the hydrosphere

4.54 billion years ago, __________.

• the Earth was created

• the moon was created

• the Sun was created

• a young planet called Theia collides with Earth

3.9 billion years ago, __________.

• meteors containing water impacted the Earth

• photosynthesizing bacteria came into existence

• the Earth is a boiling ball of liquid rock

• the Earth's crust formed