Spheres and Layers of the Earth

Choose the picture that best represents the "hydrosphere".

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The following picture represent best the

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Cryosphere

• Atmosphere

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Everything on Earth can be placed into one of four major subsystems: land, water, living things, and air. These four subsystems are called "spheres."

• TRUE

• FALSE

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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

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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

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The picture below shows a view of the layers of the geosphere. About how thick is Earth’s mantle?

• 40 km

• 2,900 km

• 3,500 km

• 6,440 km

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The continent of Antarctica is covered with an ice sheet. Which part of the Earth system includes the ice sheet?

• biosphere

• cryosphere

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

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Sometimes fires burn down large areas of forests that are part of the biosphere. Other than the biosphere, which of Earth’s other systems is a forest fire most likely to affect?

• geosphere

• cryosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

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The Florida Everglades is a large, warm wetland with many plants, animals, and microscopic organisms. Which part of the Earth system includes the water in the Everglades?

• geosphere

• cryosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

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The picture below shows parts of the Earth system.

Which of these sentences best describes an interaction of spheres shown in the picture?

• The biosphere gets matter from the cryosphere.

• The geosphere gets energy from the atmosphere.

• The biosphere gets matter from the hydrosphere.

• The atmosphere gets energy from the hydrosphere.

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