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Environmental Science Spheres of the Earth

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the geosphere?

a)

mostly made of invisible gas

b)

all the frozen water on the Earth

c)

the mostly solid rocky part of the Earth

d)

the part of the Earth that is liquid water

2.

What is the biosphere?

a)

mostly made of invisible gas

b)

made up of living things

c)

the mostly solid rocky part of the Earth

d)

the part of the Earth that is liquid water

3.

What is the hydrosphere?

a)

mostly made of invisible gas

b)

made up of living things

c)

the mostly solid rocky part of the Earth

d)

the part of the Earth that is liquid water

4.

What is the atmosphere?

a)

mostly made of invisible gas

b)

made up of living things

c)

the mostly solid rocky part of the Earth

d)

the part of the Earth that is liquid water

5.

Comes from the Greek word for "life"

a)

bio-

b)

hydro-

c)

atmo-

d)

geo-

6.

Comes from the Greek word for "ground"

a)

bio-

b)

hydro-

c)

atmo-

d)

geo-

7.

Comes from the Greek word for "water"

a)

bio-

b)

hydro-

c)

atmo-

d)

geo-

8.

Comes from the Greek word for "air"

a)

bio-

b)

hydro-

c)

atmo-

d)

geo-

9.

When a dead plant decomposes into the soil, the interaction is between the __________ and the _____________.

a)

atmosphere and hydrosphere

b)

biosphere and geosphere

c)

hydrosphere and biosphere

d)

atmosphere and geosphere

10.

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)

biosphere and atmosphere

11.

When a river current causes erosion to 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

12.

When lake water evaporates, the interaction is between the __________ and the _____________.

a)

atmosphere and hydrosphere

b)

biosphere and geosphere

c)

hydrosphere and geosphere

d)

atmosphere and biosphere

13.

Choose the picture that best represents the "geosphere".

a)
b)
c)
d)
14.

Choose the picture that best represents the "biosphere".

a)
b)
c)
d)
15.

Choose the picture that best represents the "hydrosphere".

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

Choose the picture that best represents the "atmosphere".

a)
b)
c)
d)
17.

The following picture represent best the

a)

Hydrosphere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Cryosphere

d)

Atmosphere

18.

Comes from the Greek word for "frost"

a)

Bio

b)

Geo

c)

Cryo

d)

Hydro

19.

Everything on Earth can be placed into one of four major subsystems: land, water, living things, and air. These four subsystems are called "spheres."

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.

The spheres of Earth are important because

a)

they are all connected and make life possible on Earth

b)

only the biosphere is important because we are part of it

c)

the geosphere and the biosphere are really the important ones, because are connected

d)

without the atmosphere, we would be dead