Earth's Interaction of Systems

What happens right before evaporation occurs?

• water absorbs thermal energy

• water releases thermal energy

• water molecules begin moving more slowly

• water changes from gas to liquid

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Weather refers to the state of which system at a particular time?

• the biosphere

• the hydrosphere

• the geosphere

• the atmosphere

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Which system is affected by the process of weathering?

• the hydrosphere

• the geosphere

• the atmosphere

• the biosphere

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What happens to moist air as it rises on the windward side of a mountain range?

• it cools down

• it warms up

• it loses oxygen

• it slows down

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Which is true of both the rock cycle and the water cycle?

• both occur mostly in the atmosphere

• both occur mostly in the geosphere

• both have no beginning and no end

• matter is created by both of them

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the term for moisture that falls from clouds to Earth’s surface?

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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Which of these is the term for the average weather pattern for a region over a long period of time?

• climate

• precipitation

• rain shadow

• weather

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Which of these is the series of processes that transport and continually change rocks into different forms?

• rock cycle

• uplift

• transpiration

• water cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Evaporation is an interaction between Earth’s _________ and _____________.

• biosphere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A rain shadow forms as the result of interactions between the ________________ and _____________.

• biosphere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

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