WorksheetsEarth's Spheres
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A person who has scientific training and designs and builds complicated products, machines, systems, or structures.
a)
Technology
b)
Engineer
c)
Erosion
d)
Engineering design process
2.
This sphere includes the continents, the ocean floor, all the rocks on the surface, and all of the sand in the deserts.
a)
Hydrosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Geosphere
3.
Composed of all the water on or near the earth
a)
Hydrosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Geosphere
4.
This sphere is composed of all the living things
a)
Hydrosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Geosphere
5.
Body of air surrounding our planet.
a)
Hydrosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Geosphere
6.
Series of steps engineers use to guide them as they solve problems.
a)
Engineer
b)
Engineering design process
c)
Environmental Engineer
d)
Erosion
7.
Engineers that are concerned with protecting people from effects of adverse environmental effects, such as pollution, as well as improving environmental quality.
a)
Aerospace Engineer
b)
Nuclear Engineer
c)
Environmental Engineer
d)
Electrical Engineer
8.
Water evaporating from the surface of a lake moves from the...
a)
Atmosphere to the geosphere
b)
Geosphere to the hydrosphere
c)
Hydrosphere to the atmosphere
d)
Atmosphere to the hydrosphere
9.
When living things breathe, they interact with which of Earth's spheres?
a)
Geosphere
b)
Hydrosphere
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Biosphere
10.
When dead plants decompose and nitrogen is returned to the soil, the interaction is between which two spheres?
a)
The biosphere and atmosphere
b)
The atmosphere and geosphere
c)
The geosphere and atmosphere
d)
The biosphere and geosphere
11.
What might happen if the earth didn't have an atmosphere?
a)
Everything would go flying off into space
b)
The seasons would be longer
c)
The earth's rotation would stop
d)
We wouldn't be able to breathe
12.
When carbon dioxide dissolves from the air into the ocean- the interaction is between...
a)
The atmosphere and geosphere
b)
The atmosphere and hydrosphere
c)
The atmosphere and biosphere
d)
The atmosphere and atmosphere
13.
The practice of tilling sloped land along lines of consistent elevation in order to conserve rainwater and to reduce soil loss from surface erosion.
a)
Mulch Farming
b)
Mixed Farming
c)
Arable Farming
d)
Terrace Farming
14.
Where is terrace farming used?
a)
Asia
b)
America
c)
All over the world
d)
China
15.
Oceans, rivers, lakes, and the moisture in the air are all part of which of Earth's spheres?
a)
Hydrosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Geosphere
16.
When a plants takes carbon dioxide from the air which two spheres are interacting?
a)
Biosphere and atmosphere
b)
Geosphere and atmosphere
c)
Hydrosphere and atmosphere
d)
Atmosphere and atmosphere
17.
When volcanoes erupt, dust and ash particles spread through much of the air blocking the sun. Which two spheres are interacting?
a)
Hydrosphere and atmosphere
b)
Geosphere and atmosphere
c)
Biosphere and atmosphere
d)
Atmosphere and atmosphere
18.
Energy from the sun is stored by plants. When animals eat the plants, they acquire the energy originally captured by the plants. Between which two spheres is the above interaction?
a)
Hydrosphere and biosphere
b)
Atmosphere and biosphere
c)
Biosphere and biosphere
d)
Geosphere and biosphere
19.
When plants draw nutrients from the soil, the interaction is between which two spheres?
a)
The atmosphere and the geosphere
b)
The geosphere and the hydrosphere
c)
The hydrosphere and atmosphere
d)
The biosphere and the geosphere
20.
What is one reason terrace farming is used?
a)
Helps prevent soil erosion
b)
Certain crops need to be planted this way to grow
c)
Produces more crops
d)
Easier for farmers
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