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Earth's spheres review quiz

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Water vapor is water in which form?
a)
liquid
b)
gas
c)
solid
d)
tiny droplets
2.
What is it called when a gas turns into a liquid?
a)
evaporation
b)
freezing
c)
boiling
d)
condensation
3.
When water forms water vapor, what process is happening?
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
freezing
d)
melting
4.
How old is most of the water we drink today?
a)
thousands of years
b)
millions of years
c)
a few months
d)
a few weeks
5.
What is the constant motion of water condensing and evaporating all around us called?
a)
aquatic cycle
b)
water migration
c)
distillation apparatus
d)
water cycle
6.

Earth’s lithosphere is made up of what layer/s?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Crust and Mantle

d)

Crust and upper mantle

7.

What do you call the broken segments that make up the lithosphere?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

d)

Plates

8.

What do you call the theory about the movement of plates?

a)

plate motion

b)

plate run

c)

plate movement

d)

plate tectonics

9.

When plants use their roots to get water from the ground, which 2 spheres are interacting? (choose 2)

a)

Geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

10.

When ocean water evaporates into the air, which 2 spheres are interacting? (choose 2)

a)

Geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

11.

What is the biosphere?

a)

all the air and gases on the planet

b)

made up of living things

c)

the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

d)

the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

12.

What is the atmosphere?

a)

all the air and gases on the planet

b)

made up of living things

c)

the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

d)

the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

13.

When an animal or human breathes air, the interaction is between the __________ and the _____________.

a)

atmosphere and hydrosphere

b)

biosphere and geosphere

c)

hydrosphere and biosphere

d)

atmosphere and biosphere

14.

What organelle does photosynthesis

a)

chloroplast

b)

mitochondrion

c)

nucleus

d)

leaf

15.

What are the two reactants for photosynthesis?

a)

sun

b)

water

c)

oxygen gas

d)

carbon dioxide

16.

The oxygen gas we breathe comes from the splitting of water during the light reaction

a)

True

b)

False

17.

What is this reaction showing? (select 2 correct)

a)

production of carbon dioxide

b)

production of oxygen gas

c)

production of sugar

d)

production of water

18.

Plants use their stomata to obtain

a)

water

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

oxygen gas

19.

Organisms that need nitrogen to survive.

a)

only plants

b)

only animals

c)

only bacteria

d)

all living things

20.

How is nitrogen "fixed" into a usable form for plants?

a)

Through action of bacteria only

b)

Through lightning only

c)

Through action of bacteria and lightning

d)

Through photosynthesis

21.

Which statement is correct?

a)

matter cycles; energy cycles

b)

matter cycles; energy disintengrates

c)

matter cycles; energy converts

d)

matter converts; energy cycles

22.

Which of the following is correct?

a)

There is as much carbon on earth as when it was formed

b)

Carbon is being created whenever it is recycled

c)

Carbon is lost every time it is recycled

d)

Carbon changes to different forms and is never recovered

23.

Which form of carbon is the most potent greenhouse gas?

a)

CO2

b)

CH4

c)

C6H12O6

d)

C3H8O3

24.
Respiration
a)
absorbs CO2
b)
releases CO2
25.
How much of the atmosphere is composed of nitrogen gas?
a)
87%
b)
38%
c)
78%
d)
21%
26.
Carbon cycles through the biosphere in all of the following processes EXCEPT
a)
photosynthesis
b)
transpiration
c)
burning of fossil fuels
d)
decomposition of plants and animals
27.
Organisms that break down organic matter and return it to the environment are called _____.
a)
decomposer
b)
elephant
c)
puppies
d)
frogs