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WorksheetsEarth's Major Systems
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 30mins
What is the part of Earth in which living things exist and interact?
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
Geosphere
What is the layer of gasses that surround Earth?
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Geosphere
Hydrosphere
What system is Earth's water, whether found on continents or in oceans, including the freshwater in glaciers, lakes, and rivers?
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Geosphere
Hydrosphere
What system is the layer of rock, dirt, and soil on Earth, including the mantle, core, crust?
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Geosphere
Hydrosphere
What is Earth's solid, rocky surface?
Crust
Mantle
Core
Geosphere
What is the layer of Earth beneath the crust?
Geosphere
Crust
Mantle
Core
What is the central part of Earth?
Mantle
Core
Crust
Geosphere
What is the slow movement of the continents over many years?
Tectonic Plates
Continental Drift
Fault
IDK
What is the scientific theory that Earth's crust is made of moving plates?
Tectonic Plates
Continental Drift
Fault
Cats
What is a pattern or crack in the rocks of Earth's crust where movement can take place?
Tectonic plates
Continental Drift
Fault
Geosphere
What is the precipitation that seeps into the ground and is stored in tiny holes or pores in soil and rocks?
Groundwater
Estuary
Aquifer
Precipitation
What is an underground layer or rock or soil filled with water?
Groundwater
Estuary
Aquifer
Water
What is the boundary where freshwater ecosystem meets a saltwater ecosystem?
Hydrosphere
Aquifer
Groundwater
Estuary
The weather and removal of rocks is called
desalination
deposition
erosion
solution
The dropping off of eroded soil and bits of rocks is called
Desalination
Deposition
Erosion
Love
The process of removing salt from saltwater so it can be used by living things is called..
Desalination
Deposition
Erosion
Ocean
What is the continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and air changing liquid into gas into liquid?
Water Cycle
Hydrosphere
Evaporation
Condensation
What is the slow changing of a liquid into gas when particles vaporize at the water's surface?
Water Cycle
Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
What is the changing of a gas into a liquid as heat is removed?
Water Cycle
Precipitation
Condensation
Evaporation
Water that falls from clouds to the ground in the form of rain, sleet, hail, or snow is called...
Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Water Cycle
What is precipitation that flows across the land's surface or falls into rivers and streams?
Runoff
Watershed
Climate
Front
What is the region that contributes to a river or river system?
Runoff
Watershed
Climate
Front
What is the average weather pattern of a region over time?
Climate
Front
Weather
Rain
What is the boundary between two air masses; examples include cold fronts, warm fronts, and stationary fronts?
Climate
Weather
Front
Air
What is a source of energy made from the remains of ancient, once living things?
Fossil Fuel
Natural Resource
Non-renewable resource
Renewable resource
What is a material that people can use that is found in nature?
Renewable Resource
Fossil Fuel
Nonrenewable resource
Natural Resource
What is a resource that cannot be replaced within a short period of time or at all?
Nonrenewable resource
Renewable resource
Pollution
Conservation
What is a renewable resource?
A resource that can be replanted or replaced naturally within a short period of time
Any harmful substance that affects Earth's land, air, and water
Saving, protecting, or using natural resources wisely
The ABC song
What is pollution?
Saving, protecting, or using natural resources wisely
Any harmful substance that affects Earth's land, air, and water
A resource that can be replanted or replaced naturally within a short period of time
Lions
What is conservation?
A resource that can be replanted or replaced naturally within a short period of time
Any harmful substance that affects Earth's land, air, and water
Saving, protecting, or using natural resources wisely
Meow
