Hydrosphere
What does the hydrosphere include?
All of Earth’s water.
What is the geosphere made of?
Rocks, soil, and Earth’s landforms.
What is the atmosphere?
The layers of gases surrounding Earth.
What is the biosphere?
All living things on Earth.
What two spheres interact when a plant uses sunlight, water, and soil to grow?
Biosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere (plus atmosphere if sunlight is mentioned).
Name the largest part of Earth’s hydrosphere.
The oceans.
Give one example of a landform in the geosphere.
Mountains, valleys, plains, or plateaus.
Name one gas found in the atmosphere.
Oxygen, nitrogen, or carbon dioxide.
Give an example of an organism in the biosphere.
Plants, animals, humans, bacteria, fungi.
What two spheres interact when a volcano erupts?
Geosphere and atmosphere (plus biosphere if life is affected).
True or False: Ice and glaciers are part of the hydrosphere.
True.
What sphere does soil belong to?
Geosphere.
What does the atmosphere do for life on Earth?
Provides air to breathe, protects us from the Sun’s harmful rays, and regulates temperature.
How does the biosphere depend on the hydrosphere?
Living things need water to survive.
What two spheres interact when humans cut down a forest?
Biosphere and geosphere (plus atmosphere if carbon dioxide levels are mentioned).
What process moves water from the hydrosphere into the atmosphere?
Evaporation.
Name a process in the geosphere that changes Earth’s surface.
Erosion, weathering, earthquakes, or volcanoes.
What process moves water from the atmosphere back to the hydrosphere?
Precipitation (rain, snow, sleet, hail).
How does the biosphere depend on the geosphere?
Plants grow in soil; animals make homes in the ground.
How does the hydrosphere affect the atmosphere during the water cycle?
Water evaporates from oceans and lakes into the air.
Why is the hydrosphere important for living things?
It provides fresh water for drinking, food sources, and habitats.
How does the geosphere interact with the hydrosphere?
Rain (hydrosphere) erodes rocks and shapes landforms (geosphere).
How does the atmosphere affect the biosphere?
It provides oxygen and carbon dioxide for living things and weather that affects habitats.
How does the biosphere depend on the atmosphere?
Living things need oxygen and carbon dioxide to survive.
Give an example of all four spheres interacting.
A hurricane: Water (hydrosphere) moves through air (atmosphere), floods the land (geosphere), and impacts humans and animals (biosphere).