Concept Attainment Quiz

1. The river water from the ________________________ caused the rocks from the ________________________ to erode and form a canyon.

• Hydrosphere, Geosphere

• Biosphere, Atmosphere

• Atmosphere, Biosphere

• Geosphere, Hydrosphere

The ________________________ is not the only system that is affected when a forest fire breaks out. Forest fires affect the atmosphere by releasing smoke and gas, and they affect the ________________________ by changing the numbers and types of living things that live in the affected area.

• Geosphere, Biosphere

• Biosphere, Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere, Geosphere

• Hydrosphere, Atmosphere

Sand or small pieces of rock broken down by weathering and deposited on the land or at the bottom of a body of water

• sediment
• landform

• interactions

• ecosystem

Feature on the surface of Earth, such as a mountain, hill, dune, ocean, or river

• sediment

• landform

• interactions

• ecosystem

Actions by one thing that have an effect on a different or separate thing

• sediment

• landform

• interactions

• ecosystem

A community of living and nonliving things in their natural environment

• sediment

• landform

• interactions

• ecosystem

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.