QUIZS: Earth's Systems & Interactions

What spheres are interacting?

• cryosphere and geosphere

• atmosphere and hydrosphere

• biosphere and atmosphere

• geosphere and biosphere

What spheres are interacting?

• biosphere and geosphere

• atmosphere and hydrosphere

• lithosphere and atmosphere

• biosphere and atmosphere

What spheres are interacting when plants absorb water from the soil?

• biosphere and hydrosphere

• lithosphere and atmosphere

• atmosphere and geosphere

• biosphere and lithosphere

What spheres are interacting?

• geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere

• biosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere

• geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere

• atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere

What is the role of gravity in Earth's atmosphere?

• Gravity causes the atmosphere to expand into space.

• Gravity holds the atmosphere in place.

• Gravity has no effect on the atmosphere.

• Gravity only affects the weather patterns.

What spheres are interacting?

• biosphere, geosphere

• atmosphere, hydrosphere

• lithosphere, atmosphere

• biosphere, atmosphere

What spheres are interacting when volcanic ash affects air quality?

• geosphere and atmosphere

• hydrosphere and biosphere

• atmosphere and lithosphere

• biosphere and cryosphere

What is the cryosphere?

• All the frozen parts of Earth's water including snow, glaciers, ice sheets, permafrost, and frozen ground.

• The region of the Earth where temperatures are consistently above freezing.

• The area of the Earth covered by liquid water bodies such as oceans and lakes.

• The part of the Earth that is covered by vegetation and forests.

What spheres are interacting when animals breathe out carbon dioxide?

• biosphere and atmosphere

• lithosphere and hydrosphere

• atmosphere and geosphere

• biosphere and lithosphere

What spheres are interacting when icebergs melt into the ocean?

• cryosphere and hydrosphere

• atmosphere and lithosphere

• biosphere and atmosphere

• hydrosphere and lithosphere