Earth Spheres Interactions

The four spheres of Earth work independently of one another.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The water cycle includes interactions among which spheres?

• geosphere and hydrosphere

• hydrosphere and atmoshpere

• biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere

• all the spheres

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following interactions is between the biosphere and hydrosphere?

• Beavers building dams.

• Kids riding boats at summer camp.

• Sea turtles migrating in the ocean.

• All of the above.

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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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-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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: The wind blows the leaves from a tree.

• atmosphere

  biosphere

• atmosphere

  geosphere

• geosphere

  hydrosphere

• geosphere

  atmosphere

When living things breathe, they interact with which of Earth's spheres? 

• Geosphere 

• Hydrosphere 

• Atmosphere 

• Biosphere 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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

• Hydrosphere 

• Biosphere 

• Atmosphere 

• Geosphere 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3