Earth's Spheres

Sphere's 1

100

This sphere includes all living organisms

What is biosphere?

200

This sphere includes all the liquid water on earth.

What is hydrosphere?

300

This sphere is made up of gases

What is atmosphere?

400

This sphere has the latin root meaning ground

What is geophere?

500

List all 4 spheres

Biosphere Hydrosphere Geosphere and Atmosphere

Examples

100

Name one example of something in the hydrosphere

Possible answers:

snow

water

river

ocean

200

Name 2 things found in the geosphere

Possible Answers:

mountain

dirt

rocks

300

Name 3 things that can be found in the biosphere

Any living plants and animals.

400

Name 4 things that can be found in the atmosphere

Possible answers:

oxygen

carbon dioxide

gas

wind

tornado

500

Which spheres are found in a hurricane?

Hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere

Interacting Spheres

100

Sometimes fires burn down large areas of forests.

Which of Earth’s other system is NOT going to be to be affected? A. geosphere B. biosphere C. atmosphere D. hydrosphere

A. Geosphere

200

A tornado destroys a house. Which two spheres are interacting?

A. biosphere and geosphere

B. atmosphere and geosphere

C. geosphere and hydrosphere

B. atmosphere and geosphere

300

Amber is walking and the wind is blowing her hair. Which parts of the Earth system are interacting? A.hydrosphere and geosphere B.atmosphere and biosphere C.geosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere D.geosphere and atmosphere

B. atmosphere & biosphere

400

Which sphere do clouds belong to?

A. atmosphere

B. biosphere

C. geosphere

D. hydrosphere

D. hydrosphere

500

Rico is at the beach watching the waves. Which of these parts of the Earth system interacts with the hydrosphere to produce the waves at the beach? A. biosphere B. geosphere C. cryosphere D. atmosphere

D. Atmosphere

Vocabulary

100

Name the two spheres interacting in this example:

Wind blowing leaves off the tree.

Atmosphere and biosphere

200

Name the two spheres interacting in this example:

a bird building a nest

biosphere and geosphere

300

Name the two spheres interacting in this example:

Lyric spilling her water bottle

Biosphere and hydrosphere

400

Name the three spheres interacting in this example:

A snow plow cleaning snow off of the road

Geosphere, hydrosphere and geosphere

500

Name the three spheres interacting in this example:

A student writing a message in chalk on the sidewalk 

Biosphere, geosphere, geosphere