WorksheetsFriday Quiz - Interactions of Earth's Spheres
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 16mins
Water availability impacts plant growth and animals who depend on plants for food are interactions between the
Geosphere and Hydrosphere
Cryosphere and atmosphere
Biosphere and geosphere
Hydrosphere and biosphere
When a plant takes carbon dioxide from the air which two spheres are interacting?
Biosphere and atmosphere
Geosphere and atmosphere
Hydrosphere and atmosphere
Atmosphere and atmosphere
Coral reefs protect the coastline by absorbing the energy from the pounding waves. What spheres are interacting in this event?
biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere
hydrosphere and geosphere
geosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere
geosphere and atmosphere, and demisphere
All matter on Earth can be categorized into subsystems called
Biomes
Spheres
Circles
Ecosystems
A hurricane sweeps across the ocean and onto land, damaging the houses of the people who live along the coast. What spheres are affected by this natural disaster?
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
Geosphere
Atmosphere
Which meaning goes with the Latin prefix Atmo-
Living things
Air
Land
Water
Which meaning goes with the Latin prefix Bio-
Living Things
Air
Land
Water
Why are fossils fuels so widely used?
They are renewable so they won't run out.
They pollution they produce is less compared to renewable energy sources.
They are easy to obtain and process.
They don't disrupt the environment when mined from the earth.
All of the following are considered renewable energy sources EXCEPT –
Wind
Coal
Biomass
Solar
Renewable energy resources produce less_____________ than fossil fuels.
pollution
energy
wind
light
The wise use of natural resources is called
Biomass
Conservation
Production
Restoration
Before coal has formed over millions of years, it is a wet, sampling of decaying plant material called...
Peanut Butter
Peat
Mud
Sedimentary Rock
1. How long does coal take to form?
2 Days
Millions of Years
Billions of Years
7 Weeks
7. Why is coal a problem?
Coal releases Red house gases
Coal releases Greenhouse gases
Coal releases oxygen
Coal helps us create electricity
Which of the following is the major use for coal?
Transportation
Electricity production
Which of the following are ways of obtaining coal? Select all that apply.
On-shore drilling
Mountaintop removal
Subsurface mining
Off-shore drilling
Strip mining
Which of the following is the primary method of waste disposal in the U.S.?
Incineration
Landfills
Composting
Recycling
Which of the following is NOT true about pollution prevention at landfills?
Clay & plastic line the bottom of the landfill because they are impermeable to water.
Groundwater near a landfill is monitored to ensure that leachate does not reach aquifers.
Methane gas is added to the landfill to increase the rate of decomposition.
Methane gas is vented & burned to release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
What are coral reefs often compared to?
forests
rainforests
gardens
deserts
Coral reefs are endangered by...
climate change
pollution
overfishing
all of the above
In the underwater ecosystem, the plants and animals DON'T work together
True
False
