Topic 1 Study Guide

Beginning with the step that involves magma and ending with melting, order the stages of the rock cycle into the correct order from the earliest to the latest.

• 1. Solid rock is broken into pieces. 2. Rock goes back into Earth and melts. 3. New molten rock emerges from inside Earth. 4. Rock cools and hardens.

• 1. New molten rock emerges from inside Earth. 2. Rock cools and hardens. 3. Solid rock is broken into pieces. 4. Rock goes back into Earth and melts.

• 1. Rock cools and hardens. 2. Solid rock is broken into pieces. 3. New molten rock emerges from inside Earth. 4. Rock goes back into Earth and melts.

• 1. Rock goes back into Earth and melts. 2. Solid rock is broken into pieces. 3. New molten rock emerges from inside Earth. 4. Rock cools and hardens.

What is the relationship between the hydrosphere and the cryosphere?

• The hydrosphere is part of the cryosphere.

• The cryosphere is part of the hydrosphere.

• The hydrosphere contains water.

• There is no relationship of the two spheres.

If the hydrosphere changed, other spheres would be affected. What is one possible way that the biosphere might change?

• Increased rainfall would reduce the population.

• Lower lake levels would eliminate habitats.

• Higher lake levels would decrease the amount of available food.

• Reduced rainfall would reduce the amount of available food.

Than was studying about the Earth's spheres at school. He thought about how he interacted with the spheres in his daily life. Which of the following is an example of how Than interacts with the Earth's spheres on a daily basis?

• Breathing air from the atmosphere

• Drinking water from the hydrosphere

• Walking on the ground of the lithosphere

• All of the above

Isabella has been reading about different kinds of landforms. She lives in Florida and wants to learn more about the landforms in her state. What sorts of landforms does Florida have? Choose the three that apply.

• coastline

• mountains

• dunes

• rivers

• glaciers

Caroline opened a map to complete her homework by identifying some of the landforms she had learned. She noticed a particular landform reaching from Florida all the way up to Massachusetts. What type of landform is this?

• plateau

• sand dunes

• coastal plain

• delta

In what way can water be a destructive force?

• erosion of landforms

• depositing sediment

• forming a delta

• creating a lake

If a forest fire started, what effects might it have on the different spheres? Explain the effects on the spheres and how, in their turn, these changes might affect the landforms.

Felix told his dad that Earth’s different spheres contributed to different stages in the water cycle. Which of the following spheres is NOT involved in the water cycle?

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

• Biosphere

In what ways do the geosphere and the biosphere add water to the water cycle? Choose the two that apply.

• Rain falls from the clouds.

• Water evaporates from the soil.

• Animals breathe.

• Water evaporates from the ocean.