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Earth's Spheres

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 26mins

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 gases 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.
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 
8.
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 
9.
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 
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.
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 
12.
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 
13.
This is part of the....
a)
Geosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Cryosphere
14.
This is part of the....
a)
Geosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Biosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
15.
This is part of the....
a)
Geosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Cryosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
16.
Wind is part of what sphere of Earth?
a)
Windosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Airosphere
17.
An example of a connection between ATMOsphere and HYDROsphere is:
a)
rain
b)
rivers
c)
lakes
d)
rocks
18.
The Four Spheres of Earth
a)
are all connected
b)
have nothing to do with one another
c)
exist on Venus and Mars
d)
don't affect human life
19.

The prefix "bio" comes from a Greek word that means what?

a)

Life

b)

Water

c)

Earth

d)

Ground

20.

What do we call regions of the world with similar climate, plants, and animals?

a)

Atmospheres

b)

Habitats

c)

Biomes

d)

None of the above

21.

How much of the planet is covered by water?

a)

20%

b)

50%

c)

70%

d)

90%

22.

What do we call FRESH water that lies beneath the Earth's surface?

a)

groundwater

b)

lake

c)

river

d)

spring

23.

Which of the following is found in the earths Geosphere

a)

Soil

b)

Rocks

c)

Minerals

d)

All of the Above

24.

Which layer of the Atmosphere contains most of the air we breathe?

a)

Stratosphere

b)

Atmosphere

c)

Troposphere

d)

Exosphere

25.

Of the earth's water how much of it is considered SALT water?

a)

80%

b)

97%

c)

3%

d)

30%

26.

Most of the earth's FRESH water is contained where?

a)

Lakes

b)

Rivers

c)

Glaciers

d)

Oceans

27.
Which sphere would contain the sand at the beach?
a)
geosphere
b)
atmosphere
c)
hydrosphere
d)
biosphere
28.

Which sphere is made up of all the physical elements of Earth's surface, crust, and interior?

a)

biosphere

b)

geosphere

c)

hydrosphere

d)

atmosphere

29.

The natural slope of land allows gravity to pull water downward. Which of Earth's spheres interact to form a waterfall?

a)

atmosphere and geosphere

b)

biosphere and geosphere

c)

hydrosphere and geosphere

30.

Which source is the most abundant supply of liquid fresh water?

a)

lakes

b)

water vapor

c)

groundwater

d)

rivers

31.

Which three things are part of the atmosphere? (Choose 3)

a)

oxygen

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

rivers

d)

oceans

e)

nitrogen

32.

Which three things are part of the biosphere? (Choose 3)

a)

nitrogen

b)

oxygen

c)

plants

d)

insects

e)

fish

33.

Wind blowing the trees and spreading seeds is an example of which two spheres interacting?

a)

biosphere and geosphere

b)

atmosphere and geosphere

c)

atmosphere and biosphere

d)

hydrosphere and geosphere

34.

Moving water in a river that causes erosion in a valley is an example of which two spheres interacting?

a)

hydrosphere and atmosphere

b)

hydrosphere and geosphere

c)

geosphere and biosphere

d)

geosphere and atmosphere

35.

If the amount of oxygen in our atmosphere were to change even just a little bit, it would affect our world in a lot of ways.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

There is so much water in the world that we do not have to worry about conserving it.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Who studies the hydrosphere?

a)

Geographers

b)

Oceanographers

38.

Who studies the Geosphere?

a)

Biologists

b)

Geologists

39.

Which scientist studies the atmosphere?

a)

Meterologist

b)

Sociologist

40.

What does the word part ATMOS mean?

a)

gases

b)

rock

c)

ice

d)

water

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