Elevate Science Hydrosphere

Name the four spheres of Earth.

• Geosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere

• Water, wind, forest, and fire

• The northern hemisphere, the southern hemisphere, the eastern hemisphere, and the western hemisphere

• Hemisphere, hydrosphere, the geosphere, and the lithosphere

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What is the atmosphere?

• The layer of gases surrounding Earth

• the Earth system that includes all water

• the Earth system that includes rocks, soil, sediments, and Earth's core and mantle

• the Earth system that includes all living things

What is the hydrosphere?

• the Earth system that includes all living things

• the Earth system that includes rocks, soil, sediments, and Earth's core and mantle

• the layer of gases surrounding Earth

• the Earth system that includes all water

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How do you know that water is essential for the existence of living things?

• Living things need to stay hydrated

• Drinking water is fun

• You need water to breathe

• Water is delicious

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How do you know that air is essential for the existence of living things? Choose the TWO correct answers.

• Animals need air to breathe

• Plants get carbon dioxide out of the air

• Air is delicious

• Plants need air to breathe

Which two natural disasters are caused by interaction with the hydrosphere?

• Hurricanes

• Earthquakes

• Tsunamis

• Tornadoes

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What are the ways that the hydrosphere and atmosphere interact? Choose all correct answers.

• Together, they make storms

• They are friends

• The precipitation (rain) falls from the clouds

• They make earthquakes

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What affects the type of precipitation that will be experienced on Earth?

• The type of precipitation

• The season

• The temperature

• The hemisphere

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What do living things need to survive? Choose all correct answers.

• Air/Food/Water

• Love/Companions

• Water/Shelter

• Communication

• Sun/Warmth

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Is the lithosphere a part of the hydrosphere or atmosphere or neither?

• Hydrosphere

• Neither

• Atmosphere

• You are crazy; there's no such thing as the lithosphere