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Earth Systems (Spheres)

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the geosphere's function?
a)
controls the distribution of minerals, rocks and soils and generates natural hazards that shape the land and impact humans
b)
a recycling planet powered by the flow of solar energy to support a network of life.
c)
sustains various life forms and plays an important role in ecosystems and regulating heat on earth.
d)
sustains life forms on the surface of the earth, absorbs and interacts with harmful  solar rays.It protects the earth from natural and human-caused space debris.
2.
What is Earth's function?
a)
controls the distribution of minerals, rocks and soils and generates natural hazards that shape the land and impact humans
b)
a recycling planet powered by the flow of solar energy to support a network of life.
c)
sustains various life forms and plays an important role in ecosystems and regulating heat on earth.
d)
sustains life forms on the surface of the earth, absorbs and interacts with harmful  solar rays.It protects the earth from natural and human-caused space debris.
3.
What is the hydrosphere's function?
a)
a recycling planet powered by the flow of solar energy to support a network of life.
b)
sustains various life forms and plays an important role in ecosystems and regulating heat on earth.
c)
sustains life forms on the surface of the earth, absorbs and interacts with harmful  solar rays.It protects the earth from natural and human-caused space debris.
d)
controls the distribution of minerals, rocks and soils and generates natural hazards that shape the land and impact humans
4.
What is the atmosphere's function?
a)
a recycling planet powered by the flow of solar energy to support a network of life.
b)
sustains various life forms and plays an important role in ecosystems and regulating heat on earth.
c)
sustains life forms on the surface of the earth, absorbs and interacts with harmful  solar rays.It protects the earth from natural and human-caused space debris.
d)
controls the distribution of minerals, rocks and soils and generates natural hazards that shape the land and impact humans
5.
"Bio" in biosphere means ____.
a)
air, vapor
b)
rock, earth
c)
water
d)
life
6.
"Atmo" in atmosphere means ____.
a)
air, vapor
b)
rock, earth
c)
water
d)
life
7.
"Hydro" in hydrosphere means ____.
a)
air, vapor
b)
rock, earth
c)
water
d)
life
8.
"Geo" in geosphere means ____.
a)
air, vapor
b)
rock, earth
c)
water
d)
life
9.
How do the geosphere and the hydrosphere interact? 
a)
The geosphere stores parts of the hydrosphere.
b)
The geosphere erodes (shapes) the hydrosphere.
c)
The hydrosphere stores parts of the geosphere.
10.
How do the geosphere and the biosphere interact? 
a)
Fossil fuels in the geosphere used to be living.
b)
Bacteria is in the air.
c)
Water rains onto the geosphere.
11.
How do the geosphere and the atmosphere interact?
a)
Air contains water.
b)
Volcanic ash can enter the atmosphere.
c)
Living things need air to survive.
12.
How do the biosphere and the atmosphere interact?
a)
Air contains water.
b)
Volcanic ash can enter the atmosphere.
c)
Living things need air to survive.
13.
How do the biosphere and the hydrosphere interact? 
a)
Air contains water.
b)
Volcanic ash can enter the atmosphere.
c)
Living things need water to survive.
d)
These two spheres do not interact.
14.
True or False: Gravity affects all of earth's spheres.
a)
True
b)
False
15.

All of the landforms on earth

a)

Biosphere

b)

Geosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Cryosphere

16.

All of the frozen areas

a)

Cryosphere

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Hydrosphere

d)

Stratosphere

17.

All of the frozen areas

a)

Cryosphere

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Hydrosphere

d)

Stratosphere

18.

All of the air, oxygen, nitrogen, and gases that surround the earth.

a)

atmosphere

b)

biosphere

c)

hydrosphere

d)

geosphere

19.

All of the frozen areas

a)

Cryosphere

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Hydrosphere

d)

Stratosphere

20.

All of the air, oxygen, nitrogen, and gases that surround the earth.

a)

atmosphere

b)

biosphere

c)

hydrosphere

d)

geosphere

21.

All of the bodies of water on the earth.

a)

cryosphere

b)

geosphere

c)

biosphere

d)

hydrosphere

22.

Which two earth spheres are interacting: A fish swimming in a river.

a)

geosphere and atmosphere

b)

hydrosphere and biosphere

c)

geosphere and cryosphere

d)

atmosphere and biosphere

23.

Which three earth spheres are interacting: A polar bear floating on an iceberg in the ocean.

a)

geosphere, atmosphere, biosphere

b)

cryosphere

biosphere

hydrosphere

c)

hydrosphere

cryosphere

geosphere

d)

atmosphere

geosphere

lithosphere

24.

Which two earth spheres are interacting: The sun dries up a small river.

a)

hydrosphere

biosphere

b)

hydrosphere

atmosphere

c)

hydrosphere

geosphere

d)

hydrosphere

cryosphere

25.

Which two earth spheres are interacting: The ocean waves crash onto the sandy beach.

a)

geosphere

biosphere

b)

geosphere

atmosphere

c)

geosphere

hydrosphere

d)

geosphere

cryosphere

26.

__________ is part of the geosphere.

a)

lake

b)

clouds

c)

glacier

d)

mountains

27.

_________ is part of the cryosphere.

a)

icebergs

b)

rivers

c)

hills

d)

wind

28.

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

29.

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

a)

Geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

30.

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

31.

What is the geosphere?

a)

all the air and gases on the planet

b)

all the frozen water on the Earth

c)

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

d)

the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

32.

What is the hydrosphere?

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

33.

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

34.

When a river current erodes the banks of the river, the interaction is between the __________ and the _____________.

a)

atmosphere and hydrosphere

b)

biosphere and geosphere

c)

hydrosphere and geosphere

d)

atmosphere and biosphere

35.

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

36.
Which sphere includes trees, grasses, and squirrels?   
a)
Atmosphere
b)
 Biosphere 
c)
Cryosphere
d)
Geosphere
37.
What is the main source of energy that drives the Earth systems?   
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Energy
c)
Heat from a Light
d)
 Heat from the Sun
38.
The rocks that make up Earth are part which sphere? 
a)
 Cryosphere
b)
 Geosphere
c)
Biosphere 
d)
Hydrosphere
39.
The Earth  _________  is a group of parts that include air, water, land, and life.  
a)
Land 
b)
Sphere
c)
Energy
d)
System
40.
 One example of how the hydrosphere interacts with the ____________ is when waves hit rocks. 
a)
 Atmosphere
b)
 Geosphere
c)
Biosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
41.
Heat flowing out of Earth as it cools is one form of _________ that drives the Earth system.  
a)
Sun
b)
Sphere
c)
 Energy 
d)
 Heat
42.
Which sphere of the Earth's systems that includes snowfields, ice caps, and frozen ground?  
a)
Geosphere
b)
 Atmosphere
c)
 Hydrosphere 
d)
Cryosphere
43.
This part of the Earth System includes the crust, mantle, and core.
a)
Geosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Biosphere
44.
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 
45.
When living things breathe, they interact with which of Earth's spheres? 
a)
Geosphere 
b)
Hydrosphere 
c)
Atmosphere 
d)
Biosphere 
46.
This volcano is an example of something you would find in the:
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Geosphere
47.
This picture best describes which connection?
a)
Atmosphere-Biosphere
b)
Hydrosphere-Atmosphere
c)
Hydrosphere-Geosphere
d)
Geosphere-Biosphere
48.
A sequence of events that repeats itself is known as:
a)
System
b)
Cycle
49.

Which sphere absorbs energy from the sun and regulates Earth's temperature?

a)

Hydropshere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Geosphere

d)

Atmosphere

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