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Earth's Spheres

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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 
2.
Composed of all the water on or near the earth
a)
Hydrosphere 
b)
Biosphere 
c)
Atmosphere 
d)
Geosphere 
3.
This sphere is composed of all the living things 
a)
Hydrosphere 
b)
Biosphere 
c)
Atmosphere 
d)
Geosphere 
4.
Body of air surrounding our planet. 
a)
Hydrosphere 
b)
Biosphere 
c)
Atmosphere 
d)
Geosphere 
5.
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 
6.
When living things breathe, they interact with which of Earth's spheres? 
a)
Geosphere 
b)
Hydrosphere 
c)
Atmosphere 
d)
Biosphere 
7.
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 
8.
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 
9.
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 
10.
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 
11.
The geosphere includes all but
a)
rocks
b)
mountains
c)
lava
d)
plants
12.
Fire would most affect the
a)
geosphere
b)
atmosphere
c)
cryosphere
d)

hydrosphere

13.
Earth's liquid water:
a)
biosphere
b)
cryosphere
c)
hydrosphere
d)
geosphere
14.
This is part of the....
a)
Geosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Cryosphere
15.
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 
16.
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 
17.
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 
18.

The geosphere is LIVING

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What items are found in the geosphere?

a)

Ice

b)

Air

c)

Sand

d)

Hippo

20.

The Greek meaning for the word "hydro" is ______________

a)

Air

b)

Water

c)

Earth

d)

Life

21.
Wind is part of what sphere of Earth?
a)
Windosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Airosphere
22.

Snow is an example of what sphere?

a)

Atmosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Biosphere

d)

Geosphere

23.

Polar Bears hunt seals on ice is an interaction of what two spheres?

a)

Biosphere-Hydrosphere

b)

Biosphere-Atmosphere

c)

Hydrosphere-Atmosphere

d)

Hydrosphere-Geosphere

24.

Wind can carry seeds to new places, so more plants can grow.

a)

Atmosphere and Biosphere

b)

Hydrosphere and Biosphere

c)

Atmosphere and Geosphere

d)

Geosphere and Biosphere

25.

Which one is an example of Atmosphere and Geosphere?

a)

A volcano erupts adding Carbon Dioxide to the air.

b)

Air temperature impacts the evaporation of lakes and streams.

c)

Plants use essential elements such as water, carbon and nitrogen from the soil.

26.
This is part of the....
a)
Geosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Atmosphere
27.
This is part of the....
a)
Geosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Cryosphere
28.

Which of the following is found in the earths Geosphere

a)

Soil

b)

Rocks

c)

Minerals

d)

All of the Above

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