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Earth's Major Systems

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the part of Earth in which living things exist and interact?

a)

Atmosphere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Hydrosphere

d)

Geosphere

2.

What is the layer of gasses that surround Earth?

a)

Atmosphere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Geosphere

d)

Hydrosphere

3.

What system is Earth's water, whether found on continents or in oceans, including the freshwater in glaciers, lakes, and rivers?

a)

Atmosphere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Geosphere

d)

Hydrosphere

4.

What system is the layer of rock, dirt, and soil on Earth, including the mantle, core, crust?

a)

Atmosphere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Geosphere

d)

Hydrosphere

5.

What is Earth's solid, rocky surface?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

d)

Geosphere

6.

What is the layer of Earth beneath the crust?

a)

Geosphere

b)

Crust

c)

Mantle

d)

Core

7.

What is the central part of Earth?

a)

Mantle

b)

Core

c)

Crust

d)

Geosphere

8.

What is the slow movement of the continents over many years?

a)

Tectonic Plates

b)

Continental Drift

c)

Fault

d)

IDK

9.

What is the scientific theory that Earth's crust is made of moving plates?

a)

Tectonic Plates

b)

Continental Drift

c)

Fault

d)

Cats

10.

What is a pattern or crack in the rocks of Earth's crust where movement can take place?

a)

Tectonic plates

b)

Continental Drift

c)

Fault

d)

Geosphere

11.

What is the precipitation that seeps into the ground and is stored in tiny holes or pores in soil and rocks?

a)

Groundwater

b)

Estuary

c)

Aquifer

d)

Precipitation

12.

What is an underground layer or rock or soil filled with water?

a)

Groundwater

b)

Estuary

c)

Aquifer

d)

Water

13.

What is the boundary where freshwater ecosystem meets a saltwater ecosystem?

a)

Hydrosphere

b)

Aquifer

c)

Groundwater

d)

Estuary

14.

The weather and removal of rocks is called

a)

desalination

b)

deposition

c)

erosion

d)

solution

15.

The dropping off of eroded soil and bits of rocks is called

a)

Desalination

b)

Deposition

c)

Erosion

d)

Love

16.

The process of removing salt from saltwater so it can be used by living things is called..

a)

Desalination

b)

Deposition

c)

Erosion

d)

Ocean

17.

What is the continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and air changing liquid into gas into liquid?

a)

Water Cycle

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Evaporation

d)

Condensation

18.

What is the slow changing of a liquid into gas when particles vaporize at the water's surface?

a)

Water Cycle

b)

Evaporation

c)

Condensation

d)

Precipitation

19.

What is the changing of a gas into a liquid as heat is removed?

a)

Water Cycle

b)

Precipitation

c)

Condensation

d)

Evaporation

20.

Water that falls from clouds to the ground in the form of rain, sleet, hail, or snow is called...

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Water Cycle

21.

What is precipitation that flows across the land's surface or falls into rivers and streams?

a)

Runoff

b)

Watershed

c)

Climate

d)

Front

22.

What is the region that contributes to a river or river system?

a)

Runoff

b)

Watershed

c)

Climate

d)

Front

23.

What is the average weather pattern of a region over time?

a)

Climate

b)

Front

c)

Weather

d)

Rain

24.

What is the boundary between two air masses; examples include cold fronts, warm fronts, and stationary fronts?

a)

Climate

b)

Weather

c)

Front

d)

Air

25.

What is a source of energy made from the remains of ancient, once living things?

a)

Fossil Fuel

b)

Natural Resource

c)

Non-renewable resource

d)

Renewable resource

26.

What is a material that people can use that is found in nature?

a)

Renewable Resource

b)

Fossil Fuel

c)

Nonrenewable resource

d)

Natural Resource

27.

What is a resource that cannot be replaced within a short period of time or at all?

a)

Nonrenewable resource

b)

Renewable resource

c)

Pollution

d)

Conservation

28.

What is a renewable resource?

a)

A resource that can be replanted or replaced naturally within a short period of time

b)

Any harmful substance that affects Earth's land, air, and water

c)

Saving, protecting, or using natural resources wisely

d)

The ABC song

29.

What is pollution?

a)

Saving, protecting, or using natural resources wisely

b)

Any harmful substance that affects Earth's land, air, and water

c)

A resource that can be replanted or replaced naturally within a short period of time

d)

Lions

30.

What is conservation?

a)

A resource that can be replanted or replaced naturally within a short period of time

b)

Any harmful substance that affects Earth's land, air, and water

c)

Saving, protecting, or using natural resources wisely

d)

Meow