Spheres and Layers of the Earth

What is the geosphere?

• mostly made of invisible gas

• all the frozen water on the Earth

• the mostly solid rocky part of the Earth

• the part of the Earth that is liquid water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the biosphere?

• mostly made of invisible gas

• made up of living things

• the mostly solid rocky part of the Earth

• the part of the Earth that is liquid water

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the hydrosphere?

• mostly made of invisible gas

• made up of living things

• the mostly solid rocky part of the Earth

• the part of the Earth that is liquid water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the atmosphere?

• mostly made of invisible gas

• made up of living things

• the mostly solid rocky part of the Earth

• the part of the Earth that is liquid water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Comes from the Greek word for "life"

• bio-

• hydro-

• atmo-

• geo-

Comes from the Greek word for "ground"

• bio-

• hydro-

• atmo-

• geo-

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Comes from the Greek word for "water"

• bio-

• hydro-

• atmo-

• geo-

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Comes from the Greek word for "air"

• bio-

• hydro-

• atmo-

• geo-

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

When a dead plant decomposes into the soil, the interaction is between the __________ and the _____________.

• atmosphere and hydrosphere

• biosphere and geosphere

• hydrosphere and biosphere

• atmosphere and geosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

When an animal or human breathes air, the interaction is between the __________ and the _____________.

• atmosphere and hydrosphere

• biosphere and geosphere

• hydrosphere and biosphere

• biosphere and atmosphere