Earth Spheres Interactions

Geo = 

• Earth

• Sphere

• Life

• Water

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Earth is divided into four different spheres. Which statement is true about the interaction between two of these spheres?

• Weather is an interaction between the hydrosphere and the geosphere.

• A plant receiving water from precipitation is an interaction between the biosphere and the hydrosphere.

• An ice cap providing shelter for an arctic animal is an interaction between the biosphere and the hydrosphere.

• The formation of the Grand Canyon is an example of an interaction between the geosphere and the atmosphere.

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

• Carbon dioxide gas is released into the air by living things.

• Consistent patterns of wind change the shape of landforms.

• The oceans release heat energy that makes climate milder.

• Water vapor in the air is taken into plants through their leaves.

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Which statement shows an interaction among Earth's spheres?

• Rain falls and waters plants, helping them to grow.

• An asteroid strikes the Earth, forming a huge crater.

• A pack of wolves hunts a herd of deer in the woods.

• Ice melts and flows into a stream that flows into a large lake.

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Oceans, rivers, lakes, and the moisture in the air are all part of which of Earth's spheres? 

• Hydrosphere 

• Biosphere 

• Atmosphere 

• Geosphere 

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Which group of things is part of the hydrosphere?

• oxygen, nitrogen, helium, and pollutants

• sand, hills, ash, gravel, lava

• rivers, steam, ice cubes, ponds, fog, rain

• sunflowers, coral, mice, snakes, mold, humans

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Scientists model the Earth system by dividing it into what four parts?

• sun, land, water, living things

• air, water, surface, inner core

• air, fire, water, ice

• land, water, living things, air

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

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

• air masses.

• ocean.

• sun.

• weather.

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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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