Spheres

Which group of things is part of the biosphere?

• air, invisible gases, ash, water droplets, aerosols

• trees, cells, elephants, algae, mosses, lizards, sharks

• rocks, soil, mountains, dirt, sand, volcanoes

• lakes, oceans, clouds, rain, hail, sleet, snow, water vapor

All changes and interactions among Earth's spheres need energy from the

• air masses.

• ocean.

• sun.

• weather.

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Which of these is an example of how Earth's hydrosphere interacts with the atmosphere?

• the ocean affecting air temperature

• a river flowing through a canyon

• earthquakes

• migration of birds in winter

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Which of these human actions can have a positive impact on all of Earth's spheres?

• burning fossil fuels

• recycling plastic

• piling up landfills

• dumping waste

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When a plants takes carbon dioxide from the air which two spheres are interacting? 

• Biosphere and atmosphere 

• Geosphere and atmosphere 

• Hydrosphere and atmosphere 

• Atmosphere and atmosphere 

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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 

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When dead plants decompose and nitrogen is returned to the soil, the interaction is between which two spheres?

• The biosphere and atmosphere 

• The atmosphere and geosphere 

• The geosphere and atmosphere 

• The biosphere and geosphere 

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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 

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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 

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Which layer of the Atmosphere contains most of the air we breathe?

• Stratosphere

• Atmosphere

• Troposphere

• Exosphere