Interactions of the Four Spheres of Earth

When a volcano causes poisonous gases to be released into the air

• This is an interaction between the hydrosphere and atmosphere

• This is an interaction between the geosphere and hydrosphere

• This is an interaction between the geosphere and atmosphere

• This is an interaction between the geosphere and biosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following provides an example of an interaction between the hydrosphere and geosphere?

• Gases are released into the air when a volcano erupts.

• Air masses cool as they are forced upward over mountains.

• Burrowing animals, like groundhogs, dig holes in the ground to create tunnels.

• A delta is formed at the mouth of a river as soil and sediment is carried downstream.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following provides an example of an interaction between the biosphere and the geosphere

• apple tree growing in the soil.

• Rain falling from the clouds

• Water evaporating from a puddle

• person swimming in a pool

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following provides an example of an interaction between the atmosphere and the geosphere.

• A plant absorbing sunlight

• A person drinking water

• Wind blowing bits of rock off a boulder and changing its shape

• Water filtering through rocks underground

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which two earth spheres are interacting: The sun dries up a small river.

• hydrosphere

  biosphere

• hydrosphere

  atmosphere

• hydrosphere

  geosphere

• hydrosphere

  cryosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which two earth spheres are interacting: The wind blows the leaves from a tree.

• atmosphere

  biosphere

• atmosphere

  geosphere

• geosphere

  hydrosphere

• geosphere

  atmosphere

Which three earth spheres are interacting: A polar bear floating on an iceberg in the ocean.

• geosphere, atmosphere, biosphere

• cryosphere

  biosphere

  hydrosphere

• hydrosphere

  cryosphere

  geosphere

• atmosphere

  geosphere

  lithosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which two earth spheres are interacting: A fish swimming in a river.

• geosphere and atmosphere

• hydrosphere and biosphere

• geosphere and cryosphere

• atmosphere and biosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

If you were observing the Earth’s hydrosphere you would see which of the following features?

• Nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide

• Rock, soil, and sediments

• Glaciers, rivers, and oceans

• Plants, animals, and fungus

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The Geosphere includes

• ice, water and water vapor

• rocks, lava and soil

• cats, dogs and pigs

• oxygen, hydrogen and air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2