Spheres of the Earth

This sphere includes the continents, the ocean floor, all the rocks on the surface of the Earth, and all of the sand in the desert.

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This sphere is composed of all the living things on Earth.

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

This sphere is composed of all the liquid water on or near the Earth.

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water evaporating from the surface of a lake into the air is moving from the ___ to the ___.

• Atmosphere to the geosphere

• Geosphere to the atmosphere

• Hydrosphere to the atmosphere

• Geosphere to the hydrosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When a living thing is breathing, which two spheres are interacting?

• The biosphere and atmosphere

• The atmosphere and hydrosphere

• The geosphere and atmosphere

• The biosphere and geosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

• The biosphere and atmosphere

• The atmosphere and hydrosphere

• The geosphere and atmosphere

• The biosphere and geosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

When plants take carbon dioxide from the air, which two spheres are interacting?

• The biosphere and atmosphere

• The atmosphere and hydrosphere

• The geosphere and atmosphere

• The biosphere and geosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Polar bears living and hunting on ice is which two spheres interacting?

• The biosphere and atmosphere

• The atmosphere and hydrosphere

• The geosphere at atmosphere

• The biosphere and hydrosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

When a volcano erupts and spews gases and ash into the air, which two spheres are interacting?

• The biosphere and atmosphere

• The atmosphere and hydrosphere

• The geosphere and atmosphere

• The biosphere and geosphere

This sphere is composed of all the living things 

• Hydrosphere 

• Biosphere 

• Atmosphere 

• Geosphere 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3