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WorksheetsEarth's Spheres
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which sphere contains Earth's ice?
biosphere
cryosphere
geosphere
atmosphere
A fish living in water is where which two spheres overlap?
the hydrosphere and cryosphere
the biosphere and atmosphere
the geosphere and hydrosphere
the hydrosphere and biosphere
An example of the cryosphere and hydrosphere overlapping would be
Snow on a mountaintop
An iceberg
A polar bear on a glacier
A chicken drinking from a mud puddle
An example of chemical weathering would be
Wave action at the beach tumbling rocks
Sandpaper used to polish a rock
acid (rain) precipitation dissolving a rock
A tree cracking a large rock as it grows over decades
The primary source of acid rain is:
human activities
Methane from cows
deforestation
lack of recycling programs
The prefix "geo-" means:
energy
voltage
heat
earth
The prefix "bio-" indicates we are talking about:
energy
rocks
living things
heat
The prefix "thermo-" means we are talking about:
chickens
heat
rocks
living things
The geosphere contains these three main regions:
Trust, candle, sore
crust, mantle, apple core
crust, mantle, core
crust, mandible, iron
Density means
how much matter is in a given volume
how hot matter can get
how much energy is emitted by the sun
How much french fries five chickens can eat in the Wendy's parking lot.
How does the solar energy used by plants get moved to other spheres?
The sun heats the rocks making the energy become part of the hydrosphere.
The sun melts ice, transferring the energy from the cryosphere to the biosphere
It can't be transferred between spheres
Plants in the biosphere transform the solar energy into chemical energy. When the plant dies and decays, the energy is transferred to the geosphere.
When Earth's "energy budget" is out of balance, what is the effect?
Increase in the Earth's magnetic field
increase or decrease in global temperatures
Increase in taxes
Decrease in how hot the sun is
Earth's energy budget can be disturbed by:
greenhouses and polar bears
the number of people on the school wifi
greenhouse gases and melting polar ice
chickens and cows
A chemical reaction with oxygen, O2, is called:
oxide
oxymoron
oxyclean
oxidation
The breaking down and wearing away of rock material by mechanical action of other rock is called
absolution
abrasion
inflation
conductivity
An example of oxidation is:
rust
pudding
carbon
kitchen sinks
Which formation is not part of the cryosphere?
desert sand
sea ice
iceberg
glacier
Which one is not part of the hydrosphere?
ocean
lake
mud puddle
chicken
Which thing is not part of the biosphere?
elephant
moss
lichen
granite
The relationship between Earth's spheres and matter is:
Matter only undergoes physical changes to move between spheres
matter is exchanged between various spheres by chemical and physical processes.
matter remains in the sphere in which it is found
matter does not move between spheres
Matter, energy, and all of the processes on Earth constitute:
Earth's system
solar system
unfair system
systematic
Earth can be thought of as a system that has an "energy budget" that depends a certain balance of energy in vs. energy out. What is the primary source of Earth's energy?
Tides
Sun
Geothermal
Nuclear
