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Earth Systems Test Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
1. What is a natural resource?
a)
a. A natural resource is anything found in nature
b)
b. A natural resource is a small cabin in the woods
c)
c. A natural resource is something that lives outdoors
d)
d. A natural resource is something found in nature that people use
2.
2. What is a renewable natural resource?
a)
a. A natural resource that can regrow or be replaced in a person's life span
b)
b. A natural resource that is used up quickly and not replaced
c)
c. A natural resource that can never be replaced in a person's life span
d)
d. A natural resource that can be recycled, like glass and paper
3.
3. What is a nonrenewable natural resource?
a)
a. A natural resource that can regrow or be replaced in a person's life span
b)
b. A natural resource that is used up quickly and not replaced
c)
c. A natural resource that can never be replaced in a person's life span
d)
d. A natural resource that can be recycled, like glass and paper
4.
4. If you study Earth's Systems, you are studying the ________________ between the Spheres.
a)
a. interactions and connections
b)
b. destruction
c)
c. distance
d)
d. time frame
5.
5. The ____________ is a mixture of gases that surround the planet.
a)
a. geosphere
b)
b. biosphere
c)
c. hydrosphere
d)
d. atmosphere
6.
6. The ____________ is made up of solid Earth and soil.
a)
a. geosphere
b)
b. biosphere
c)
c. hydrosphere
d)
d. atmosphere
7.
7. The ____________ is made up of all bodies of water
a)
a. geosphere
b)
b. biosphere
c)
c. hydrosphere
d)
d. atmosphere
8.
8. The ____________ includes all living things.
a)
a. geosphere
b)
b. biosphere
c)
c. hydrosphere
d)
d. atmosphere
9.
9. The constant process in which water moves between Earth and its atmosphere.
a)
a. tornado
b)
b. weather
c)
c. water cycle
d)
d. hurricane
10.
10. How much of our planet us covered by water?
a)
a. 1/4
b)
b. 1/2
c)
c. 3/4
d)
d. 3/8
11.
11. Worms are part of the ____________.
a)
a. atmosphere
b)
b. biosphere
c)
c. geosphere
d)
d. hydrosphere
12.
12. Volcanoes are part of the ____________ .
a)
a. atmosphere
b)
b. biosphere
c)
c. geosphere
d)
d. hydrosphere
13.
13. Air is part of the ____________ .
a)
a. atmosphere
b)
b. biosphere
c)
c. geosphere
d)
d. hydrosphere
14.
14. Hail is part of the ____________ .
a)
a. atmosphere
b)
b. biosphere
c)
c. geosphere
d)
d. hydrosphere
15.
15. A volcano erupts adding carbon dioxide to the air.
a)
a. atmosphere and biosphere
b)
b. atmosphere and hydrosphere
c)
c. hydrosphere and geosphere
d)
d. atmosphere and geosphere
16.
16. Shifting winds cause major rainstorms, flooding streams, lakes, and rivers.
a)
a. atmosphere and hydrosphere
b)
b. geosphere and biosphere
c)
c. hydrosphere and geosphere
d)
d. atmosphere and geosphere
17.
17. Plants reduce soil erosion by protecting the land from weather.
a)
a. atmosphere and geosphere
b)
b. hydrosphere and geosphere
c)
c. atmosphere and hydrosphere
d)
d. geosphere and biosphere
18.
18. Water erodes the land bringing nutrients to lakes.
a)
a. atmosphere and biosphere
b)
b. hydrosphere and biosphere
c)
c. hydrosphere and geosphere
d)
d. atmosphere and geosphere
19.
19. Cloud cover impacts the temperature on land.
a)
a. hydrosphere and geosphere
b)
b. atmosphere and geosphere
c)
c. atmosphere and biosphere
d)
d. hydrosphere and biosphere
20.
20. Animals breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen.
a)
a. atmosphere and geosphere
b)
b. geosphere and biosphere
c)
c. atmosphere and hydrosphere
d)
d. atmosphere and biosphere
21.
21. Flooding moves soil and rock to new places.
a)
a. geosphere and biosphere
b)
b. hydrosphere and biosphere
c)
c. atmosphere and hydrosphere
d)
d. hydrosphere and geosphere
22.

Match the sphere to its definition.

a)

Atmo

1.

Air

b)

Bio

2.

Life

c)

Geo

3.

Rock

d)

Hydro

4.

Water

23.

Match the following

a)

atmosphere

1.

thin envelop of gases that forms earth's outermost layer

b)

biosphere

2.

Part of earth that has all living organisms

c)

geosphere

3.

rock and metal that forms Earth's mass

d)

hydrosphere

4.

All the earths water

24.

What 2 spheres?

a)

Biosphere/Cryosphere

b)

Exosphere/Atmosphere

c)

Hydrosphere/Geosphere

d)

Biosphere/Hydrosphere

25.
Which sphere is simply the solid earth?
a)
the geosphere
b)
the biosphere
c)
the hydrosphere
d)
the atmosphere
26.

Red panda

a)

Biosphere

b)

Geosphere

c)

Hydrosphere

d)

Atmosphere

27.

Which of the Earth's four spheres is represented by this picture?

a)

Atmosphere

b)

Geosphere

c)

Hydrosphere

d)

Biosphere

28.

Which sphere is shown in this picture

a)

lithosphere

b)

biosphere

c)

exosphere

d)

hydrosphere

29.

Chicken

a)

Biosphere

b)

Geosphere

c)

Hydrosphere

d)

Atmosphere

30.

Which sphere contains rivers, lakes, and oceans?

a)

a. geosphere

b)

d. atmosphere

c)

b. biosphere

d)

c. hydrosphere

31.

Soil is a part of which Earth sphere?

a)

c. geosphere

b)

b. biosphere

c)

a. atmosphere

d)

d. hydrosphere

32.

Oak tree

a)

Hydrosphere

b)

Atmosphere

c)

Geosphere

d)

Biosphere

33.

Which sphere includes mountains and rocks?

a)

c. geosphere

b)

b. biosphere

c)

d. hydrosphere

d)

a. atmosphere

34.

Which process describes the movement of water from lakes and oceans into the air?

a)

d. erosion

b)

b. evaporation

c)

c. precipitation

d)

a. condensation

35.

Grass is part of which Earth sphere?

a)

d. hydrosphere

b)

c. geosphere

c)

b. biosphere

d)

a. atmosphere

36.
Polar Bears hunt seals on ice:
a)
Biosphere-Hydrosphere
b)
Biosphere-Atmosphere
c)
Hydrosphere-Atmosphere
d)
Hydrosphere-Geosphere
37.
A farmer plowing a field to plant crops:
a)
Biosphere-Atmosphere
b)
Biosphere-Geosphere
c)
Biosphere-Hydrosphere
d)
Geosphere-Hydrosphere
38.
A thunderstorm is a connection between:
a)
Biosphere-Atmosphere
b)
Atmosphere-Hydrosphere
c)
Hydrosphere-Geosphere
d)
Hydrosphere-Biosphere
39.

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

40.

Select all that apply. What are examples of geosphere?

a)

soil

b)

Limestone

c)

oceanfloor

d)

flower