Earth's Spheres

The graph shows how temperature changes with altitude in the Earth's atmosphere. In the troposphere...

• Temperature decreases as altitude increases

• Temperature increases as altitude increases

• Temperature alternately increases and decreases as altitude increases

• Temperature stays the same as altitude increases

The hydrosphere is predominately made of

• liquid water
• frozen water
• solid rock
• gaseous air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The rock, dust, soil, and minerals of the Earth's solid crust and outer mantle make up the ____

• Biosphere
• Geosphere
• Cryosphere
• Atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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

This sphere is composed of all the living things 

• Hydrosphere 
• Biosphere 
• Atmosphere 
• Geosphere 

When dead plants decompose and nitrogen is returned to the soil, the interaction is between which two spheres? 

• The biosphere and atmosphere 
• The atmosphere and geosphere 
• The geosphere and atmosphere 
• The biosphere and geosphere 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

• Geosphere 
• Hydrosphere 
• Atmosphere 
• Biosphere 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Bio = 

• Earth
• Sphere
• Life
• Water

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Hydro = 

• Earth
• Sphere
• Life
• Water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Geo = 

• Earth
• Sphere
• Life
• Water

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NGSS.5-ESS2-1

NGSS.5-ESS2-2