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Modeling Earth's Systems Review

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the mostly solid, rocky part of earth, composed of solid and molten rock, soil and sediments?
a)
Biosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Geosphere
2.
This part of the Earth System includes the gases that surround the earth.
a)
Geosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
biosphere
3.
This part of the Earth System includes all living things, including plants and animals.
a)
Geosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Biosphere
4.
Mount Everest is:
a)
Geosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Atmosphere
5.
A monkey is:
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Geosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
6.
This picture shows:
a)
Biosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Geosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
7.
This picture best describes which connection?
a)
Atmosphere-Biosphere
b)
Atmosphere-Biosphere
c)
Hydrosphere-Geosphere
d)
Geosphere-Biosphere
8.
What is another word for Ecosystem?
a)
Biosphere
b)
Hydrosphere
c)
Biome
d)
Biotic
9.
________ is NOT an example of abiotic
a)
Rock
b)
Sand
c)
Highway
d)
Tree Frog
10.
Which of the following does NOT belong in the atmosphere?
a)
Rain
b)
Winds
c)
Clouds
d)
Helium
11.
Which of the following does NOT belong in the geosphere?
a)
Sand
b)
Volcano
c)
Mushrooms
d)
Rocks
12.
Which of the following does NOT belong in the hydrosphere?
a)
Lakes 
b)
Rivers
c)
Fish 
d)
Rain
13.
Which of the following does NOT belong in the biosphere?
a)
Coral 
b)
Grass
c)
Starfish
d)
Clouds
14.
Polar Bears hunt seals on ice:
a)
Biosphere-Hydrosphere
b)
Biosphere-Atmosphere
c)
Hydrosphere-Atmosphere
d)
Hydrosphere-Geosphere
15.
Bats find shelter in caves:
a)
Atmosphere-Biosphere
b)
Biosphere-Geosphere
c)
Geosphere-Hydrosphere
d)
Atmosphere-Hydrosphere
16.
An example of a connection between HYDROsphere and GEOsphere is:
a)
Waves eroding rocks on beach
b)
Fish swimming in water
c)
Water evaporating to make clouds
d)
Boats transporting goods
17.
You are best connected to the geosphere:
a)
By water you drink
b)
By minerals you use
c)
By plants you eat
d)
By air you breathe
18.
This coral reef is an example of something in the:
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Geosphere
19.
Which sphere would contain whales and dolphins?
a)
Geosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Atmosphere
20.
When a deer drinks water from a creek, which 2 earth systems are interacting?
a)
Atmosphere Biosphere
b)
Atmosphere Geosphere
c)
Biosphere Geosphere
d)
Biosphere Hydrosphere
21.
What is one way that people add Nitrogen into the environment?
a)
By littering
b)
By using fertilizer on farms
c)
By burning fossil fuels 
22.
True or False: Plants are primary consumers of carbon dioxide.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
True or False: Humans and animals release carbon dioxide into the air during photosynthesis and respiration.
a)
True
b)
False 
24.
True or False: All of the carbon in existence is continually recycled in the carbon cycle.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
Where does the carbon come from that plants use?
a)
Animals
b)
Water
c)
Air
d)
Connecticut
26.
What of the following is NOT a way that people add carbon to the environment?
a)
Burning fossil fuels
b)
Deforestation
c)
Littering
27.
What is a negative effect of sulfur (especially sulfur dioxide) being released into the atmosphere?
a)
It creates acid rain
b)
It causes clouds to not form
c)
It makes the sky yellow 
28.
What are the four most important materials needed by living organisms?
a)
water, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen
b)
water, food, oxygen, carbon
c)
water, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous
d)
water, carbon, food, phosphorous
29.
An underground layer of rocks or sand that can hold groundwater.
a)
watershed
b)
levee
c)
aquifer
d)
erosion
30.
This is essential to living organisms, it is found in nucleic acid and amino acids.
a)
Nitrogen
b)
Carbon
c)
Water
d)
Phosphorous
31.
The conversion of ammonium to nitrate is called what?
a)
nitrification
b)
renitrification
c)
denitrification
d)
unnitrification
32.
The conversion of nitrate to nitrogen gas is called what?
a)
nitrification
b)
renitrification
c)
denitrification
d)
unnitrification
33.
Which of these is the greatest cause of harmful levels of carbon in the atmosphere?
a)
respiration
b)
combustion
c)
photosynthesis
d)
decomposition
34.
Identify the cycle pictured.
a)
The Water cycle
b)
The Carbon cycle
c)
The Nitrogen cycle
d)
The Phosphorus cycle
35.
How does carbon dioxide leave the atmosphere and become part of the food chain?
a)
Through transpiration
b)
Through photosynthesis
c)
Through factory emission
d)
Sunlight
36.
Identify the cycle pictured.
a)
The Water cycle
b)
The Carbon cycle
c)
The Nitrogen cycle
d)
The Phosphorus cycle
37.
Where do animals get nitrogen from?
a)
from the soil
b)
directly from the air
c)
from water they drink
d)
from plants they eat
38.
What is the most abundant gas in our atmosphere?
a)
carbon dioxide
b)
oxygen
c)
nitrogen
39.

A mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth like a blanket.

a)

atmosphere

b)

troposphere

c)

ozone

d)

nitrogen

40.

Gas in the atmosphere that protects the Earth from the Sun's rays

a)

atmosphere

b)

troposphere

c)

ozone

d)

nitrogen

41.

Lowest layer of the atmosphere

a)

lifting

b)

troposphere

c)

wind funnel

d)

nitrogen

42.

The highest layer of the atmosphere is

a)

troposhphere

b)

mesosphere

c)

stratosphere

d)

exosphere

43.

(_______________)- Land (Earth's core, mantle, mountains, sand, metals)

a)

Geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

44.

(_______________)- Water (oceans, lakes, rivers, groundwater, glaciers)

a)

Geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

45.

(_______________)- Air (oxygen, nitrogen, water vapor, zone, wind)

a)

Geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

46.

(_______________)- Life (plants, animals, insects, humans)

a)

Geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

47.

(_______________) Water in a lake becomes groundwater (_______________).

a)

Geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

48.

(_______________) Ocean water evaporates into the air (_______________).

a)

Geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

49.

(_______________) Groundwater is absorbed plants into their roots (_______________).

a)

Geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

50.

(_______________) Humans breathe in oxygen (_______________).

a)

Geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

51.

(_______________) Oil wells burn fossil fuels (_______________).

a)

Geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

52.

(_______________) River deposits sediment (_______________).

a)

Geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

53.

When a dead plant decomposes into the soil, the interaction is between the __________ and the _____________.

a)

atmosphere and hydrosphere

b)

biosphere and geosphere

c)

hydrosphere and biosphere

d)

atmosphere and geosphere

54.

When an animal or human breathes air, the interaction is between the __________ and the _____________.

a)

atmosphere and hydrosphere

b)

biosphere and geosphere

c)

hydrosphere and biosphere

d)

atmosphere and biosphere

55.

When a river current erodes the banks of the river, the interaction is between the __________ and the _____________.

a)

atmosphere and hydrosphere

b)

biosphere and geosphere

c)

hydrosphere and geosphere

d)

atmosphere and biosphere

56.

When lake water evaporates, the interaction is between the __________ and the _____________.

a)

atmosphere and hydrosphere

b)

biosphere and geosphere

c)

hydrosphere and geosphere

d)

atmosphere and biosphere

57.

When living organisms give off moisture through respiration (breathing) the interaction is between the ______________ and ___________

a)

biosphere and geosphere

b)

biosphere and hydrosphere

c)

atmosphere and geosphere

d)

atmosphere and hydrosphere

58.

When the availability of water impacts plant growth and animals who depend on plants for food the interaction is between the ______________ and ___________ .

a)

biosphere and geosphere

b)

hydrosphere and biosphere

c)

atmosphere and geosphere

d)

atmosphere and hydrosphere

59.

When a volcano erupts adding Carbon Dioxide to the air the interaction is between the ____________ and ___________ .

a)

biosphere and geosphere

b)

hydrosphere and biosphere

c)

geosphere and atmosphere

d)

atmosphere and hydrosphere

60.

When chemicals in the air impact the weathering of rocks the interaction is between the __________ and _________.

a)

biosphere and geosphere

b)

hydrosphere and biosphere

c)

atmosphere and geosphere

d)

atmosphere and hydrosphere

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