Earth's Spheres

Earth's Spheres

100

The layer of the Earth that includes living organisms

What is biosphere?

200

This sphere's name means rock sphere.

What is Geosphere?

300

Clouds are part of these two spheres.

What are the hydrosphere and the atmosphere?

400

Seeds spread by the wind is an example of an interaction between these two spheres.

What are the biosphere and the atmosphere?

500

List all 4 spheres

What is Biosphere, Hydrosphere, Geosphere, and Atmosphere ?

More Earth's Spheres

100

This sphere includes all the air around the earth

What is the atmosphere?

200

This sphere includes all the liquid water on earth.

What is hydrosphere?

300

Name the layer where aircraft operate.

What is the atmosphere?

400

What are the three main layers of the Earth?

Answer: What are the crust, mantle, and inner and outer core?

500

A hurricane that hasn't yet made landfall is an example of an interaction between these two spheres.

What are the hydrosphere and the atmosphere?

Vocabulary

100

This sphere includes the continents, the ocean floor, all of the rocks on the surface, and all of the sand in the deserts.

What is the geosphere?

200

This sphere contains all of the water on or near Earth.

What is the hydrosphere?

300

This sphere contains all of the living things on Earth.

What is the biosphere?

400

This sphere is the body of gases surrounding our planet.

What is the atmosphere?

500

Throwback: The name of the organism that is thought to have been the first to generate oxygen through photosynthesis. _______bacteria

What is the cyanobacteria?

Interacting Spheres

100

Sometimes fires burn down large areas of forests that are part of the biosphere. Which of Earth’s other system is MOST likely to be affected? A.geosphere B. atmosphere C. hydrosphere

What is C? Atmosphere

200

Which of these parts of the Earth system are interacting when California’s orange trees grow? A.Biosphere, hydrosphere, & atmosphere B.Geosphere, cryosphere,& atmosphere C.Biosphere, hydrosphere, & cryosphere D.Cryosphere, atmosphere, & hydrosphere

What is A? Biosphere, hydrosphere, & atmosphere

300

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

What is B? atmosphere & biosphere

400

While out on a walk by the river Emanuel noticed a bird fishing in the water and a raccoon feeding on the bank river. Which statement best describes an interaction of the spheres he is looking at? A. The biosphere gets matter from the atmosphere B. The geosphere gets energy from the atmosphere C. The biosphere get matter from the hydrosphere D. The atmosphere gets energy from the hydrosphere.

What is C? the biosphere gets matter from the 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

What is D? Atmosphere

Miscellaneous

100

The highest layer of the atmosphere.

What is the thermosphere?

200

Which layer of the atmosphere contains the Ozone layer.

What is the stratosphere? 

300

This layer of the atmosphere is where weather is found.

What is the troposphere?

400

What percentage of the Earth's surface is covered by water?

What is approximately 71%?

500

This layer of the atmosphere is in the "middle," between the stratosphere and the thermosphere.

What is the mesosphere?