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Unit 3 Earth's Systems

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 10hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a cycle?

a)

a pattern

b)

a type of bike

c)

a system

d)

a place you go to eat

2.

True or False: Some cycles happen slowly and some happen fast.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What is a system?

a)

a cycle

b)

a place where the planets are

c)

a collection of parts that interact

d)

a place you go to eat

4.

How many systems does the Earth have?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

21

d)

6

5.

What is NOT one of Earth's systems

a)

Geosphere

b)

Atmosphere

c)

Watersphere

d)

Biosphere

6.

The Biosphere is made up of what

a)

the water

b)

air

c)

rocks

d)

all living things

7.

The Atmosphere is made up of what

a)

all the air that surrounds Earth

b)

the water

c)

the solid land on Earth

d)

the living things on Earth

8.

The Geosphere is made up of?

a)

all of the water on Earth

b)

the living things

c)

the air on and around Earth

d)

all of the solid land on Earth and in Earth

9.

The Hydrosphere is made up of what?

a)

all of the air in and around Earth

b)

all of the water on Earth

c)

all of the living things

d)

all of the solid land in and on Earth

10.

What is NOT one of the layers of the Geosphere?

a)

outer core

b)

inner core

c)

mantle

d)

outer crust

11.

How many layers does the Geosphere have?

a)

5

b)

12

c)

7

d)

4

12.

What is altitude?

a)

weather

b)

pressure

c)

distance from Earth's surface

d)

rocks

13.

What is a nickname given to Earth because of it's water?

a)

Water planet

b)

NASA

c)

Blue Planet

d)

Wet Planet

14.

What percent of the Earth's surface is covered in water?

a)

50%

b)

70%

c)

100%

d)

10%

15.

What is NOT an example of fresh water?

a)

lake

b)

stream

c)

ocean

d)

river

16.

______ is fresh water that is found underground

a)

groundwater

b)

water under the ground

c)

dirty water

d)

water

17.

What is NOT a level of the Biosphere?

a)

individual

b)

population

c)

ecosystem

d)

house

18.

When plants use energy from the sun that is called ___

a)

decomposing

b)

energy

c)

photosynthesis

d)

nutrients

19.

Acid rain deposits_____ in the soil. (Geosphere)

a)

nitrogen

b)

methane gas

c)

corn plants

20.

Pick the Earth's systems (4)

a)

hydrosphere

b)

atmosphere

c)

biosphere

d)

geosphere

e)

abioshpere

21.

The prefix "bio" means

a)

water

b)

rain

c)

living things

d)

the earth's crust

22.

The word "hydro" means

a)

living things

b)

water

c)

atmosphere

23.

The prefix "geo" means

a)

geography

b)

having to do with the earth's solid land

c)

things in the atmosphere

24.

What does the word "sphere" mean?

a)

cube

b)

three-dimensional ball

c)

cone-shaped

d)

Earth

25.

What two gases are most abundant in the atmoshere?

a)

oxygen and carbon dioxide

b)

oxygen and nitrogen

c)

carbon dioxide and nitrogen

d)

carbon dioxide and hydrogen

26.

Water flows underground

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Water in lakes and rivers that does not contain salt is?

a)

recycled water

b)

new water

c)

fresh water

28.

When water vapor is cooled and forms droplets?

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

transpiration

29.

When water is heated in the ocean by the sun and turns into water vapor?

a)

transpiration

b)

condensation

c)

evaporation

30.

What is the main reason water evaporates?

a)

ocean breezes

b)

changing tides

c)

heat from the sun

d)

moon's gravitational pull

31.

What causes clouds to form?

a)

the evaporated water warms up and moves closer together

b)

the evaporated water cools and drops get closer together

32.

There is more fresh water on Earth than salt water

a)

True

b)

False

33.

How does water in plants return to the environment?

a)

sublimation

b)

transpiration

c)

evaporation

34.

Rainfall that does not infiltrate the soil travels to rivers, lakes, and oceans by what process?

a)

precipitation

b)

runoff

c)

sublimation

35.

The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces?

a)

weathering

b)

vegetation

c)

erosion

d)

deposition

36.

The weathering and removal of rock and soil?

a)

weathering

b)

vegetation

c)

erosion

d)

deposition

37.

The dropping off of eroded soil and bits of rock?

a)

weathering

b)

vegetation

c)

erosion

d)

deposition

38.

A surface feature of the earth's land?

a)

landform

b)

glacier

c)

sediment

39.

A large sheet of ice that moves slowly over land?

a)

landform

b)

glacier

c)

sediment

40.

materials deposited by wind, water or glaciers.

a)

landform

b)

glacier

c)

sediment