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WorksheetsEarth's Spheres Review
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 1hrs 24mins
When a plants takes carbon dioxide from the air which two spheres are interacting?
Biosphere and atmosphere
Litjosphere and atmosphere
Hydrosphere and atmosphere
Atmosphere and atmosphere
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 lithosphere
The lithosphere and atmosphere
The biosphere and lithosphere
Which one is an example of Atmosphere and Geosphere?
A volcano erupts adding Carbon Dioxide to the air.
Air temperature impacts the evaporation of lakes and streams.
Plants use essential elements such as water, carbon and nitrogen from the soil.
Wind can carry seeds to new places, so more plants can grow.
Atmosphere and Biosphere
Hydrosphere and Biosphere
Atmosphere and Geosphere
Geosphere and Biosphere
Coral reefs protect coastlines by absorbing energy from pounding waves.
Biosphere and Atmosphere
Geosphere and Biosphere
Hydrosphere and Biosphere
The surivial of organisms is impacted by the air temperature.
Atmosphere and Hydrosphere
Geosphere and Biosphere
Atmosphere and Biosphere
Biosphere and Hydrosphere
Which of these are an example of Atmosphere and Biosphere interacting:
The survival organisms is impacted by the air temperature.
Wind can carry seeds to new places,, so more plants can grow.
Bacteria and algae convert Nitrogen from the air into a form that is usable by plants and animals.
all the above
True or false: Animals breathe in Oxygen and breathe out Carbon Dioxide is an example of Atmosphere and Geosphere.
True
False
In the food web shown, who is the secondary consumer?
grass
mouse
rabbit
fox
What does a primary consumer eat?
tertiary consumers
secondary consumers
producers
decomposers
Grass > Grasshopper > Bird > Snake
What level consumer is the deer?
primary
secondary
tertiary
producer
Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming from them in a food web?
More than one organism may eat them.
They may eat more than one other organism.
This organism gets its energy from multiple sources.
Living things in an ecosystem are known as
abiotic
biotic
All of the carbon in existence is continually recycled in the carbon cycle.
Humans burn fossil fuels and wood, releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. This carbon dioxide is then absorbed by trees for photosynthesis. These processes are contributory to which chemical cycle?
The carbon cycle
The water cycle
The nitrogen cycle
The phosphorous cycle
How does the human body return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle?
Waste products
Photosynthesis
Cellular respiration
Formation of glucose
In the carbon cycle, animals can release carbon back into the cycle through __________ or through __________.
burning . . . photosynthesis
fixation . . . decomposition
decomposition . . . photosynthesis
respiration . . . decomposition
respiration . . . photosynthesis
Which of the following is an example of human impact on the carbon cycle?
The increased production of methane gases from cattle farms
The burning of fossil fuels
The cutting down of trees for lumber
Driving automobiles
All of the above
If a forest fire occurs, what will happen to the carbon in the forest?
It will go into the soil
It will go into the atmosphere
It will runoff into nearby streams and rivers
It will be destroyed
What kind of organism takes out the most carbon from the atmosphere?
Plants
Bacteria
Animals
Humans
Which of the following are some of the major carbon stores on Earth? You can choose multiple answers
The ocean
Sediment and Sedimentary Rock
The atmosphere
