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Earth's Spheres

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which statement best describes the distribution of water on Earth

a)

Most water is freshwater and most of that freshwater is in ice and glaciers

b)

Most water is saltwater and most of that saltwater is groundwater

c)

A small percentage of water is freshwater. Most of that freshwater is atmospheric water

d)

A small percentage of water is freshwater. Most of that freshwater is in ice and glaciers

e)

About half of water on Earth is freshwater and half is saltwater.

2.

Part of the Earth where life is found

a)

Biome

b)

Ecology

c)

Biosphere

d)

Ecosystem

3.

A volcanologist examines lava expelled during the latest eruption. She is studying what

Earth sphere?

a)

Geosphere

b)

MAgnetosphere

c)

Cryosphere

d)

Hydrosphere

4.

Earth is composed of which of the following spheres?

a)

geosphere and biosphere

b)

cryosphere and hydrosphere

c)

atmosphere and Biosphere

d)

All of the above 

5.

the combination of Earth's inner and outer core, mantle, and crust

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Geosphere

c)

Biosphere

d)

Atmosphere

6.

the part of the earth in which living organisms are known to exist

a)

Geosphere

b)

Atmosphere

c)

Biosphere

d)

Asthenosphere

7.

the layers of gasses that surround a planet

a)

Atmosphere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Geosphere

d)

Asthenosphere

8.
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 
9.
This system is made up of all the water on or near the earth's surface
a)
Hydrosphere 
b)
Biosphere 
c)
Atmosphere 
d)
Geosphere 
10.
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
11.
Animals, forests, grasslands, and trees all belong to which sphere?
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
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.

The gases that surround the Earth make up this sphere:

a)

atmosphere

b)

lithosphere

c)

hydrosphere

d)

biosphere

14.

The lithosphere is also called the

a)

Cryosphere

b)

Geosphere

c)

Biosphere

d)

Hydrosphere