Earth's Systems Interactions Assessment

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.

The shape of landforms is mostly due to the effects of -

• plants and animals.
• the earth’s magnetic field.
• the pull of the moon’s gravity.
• oceans and the atmosphere.

The diagram provided here shows an interaction on the earth. Which of the following best represents this interaction?

• Pond plants release oxygen into their environment.
• Ocean currents change direction when they hit continents.
• Volcanic eruptions add large quantities of gases to the air.
• Decaying organisms put nitrogen into the air.

What is definition of Atmosphere?

• They layer of gas surrounding planet Earth that is held in place by gravity.
• The sum of all living matter on Earth.
• The portion of the system of Earth that includes Earth's interior, rocks and minerals, landforms, and the processes that shape Earth's surface.
• All the water on Earth's surface; includes all water sources above and below the surface.

What is definition of Hydrosphere?

• They layer of gas surrounding planet Earth that is held in place by gravity.
• The sum of all living matter on Earth.
• The portion of the system of Earth that includes Earth's interior, rocks and minerals, landforms, and the processes that shape Earth's surface.
• All the water on Earth's surface; includes all water sources above and below the surface.

What is definition of Geosphere?

• They layer of gas surrounding planet Earth that is held in place by gravity.
• The sum of all living matter on Earth.
• The portion of the system of Earth that includes Earth's interior, rocks and minerals, landforms, and the processes that shape Earth's surface.
• All the water on Earth's surface; includes all water sources above and below the surface.

What is definition of Biosphere?

• They layer of gas surrounding planet Earth that is held in place by gravity.
• The sum of all living matter on Earth.
• The portion of the system of Earth that includes Earth's interior, rocks and minerals, landforms, and the processes that shape Earth's surface.
• All the water on Earth's surface; includes all water sources above and below the surface.

Name TWO things that can be found in the Biosphere.

Name TWO things that can be found in the Geosphere.

Name TWO things that can be found in the Hydrosphere.