Earth's Spheres
All of the solid water on earth
What is Cryosphere?
This layer of the atmosphere is where all of the weather occurs.
Troposphere.
This sphere contains all of the water on or near Earth.
What is the hydrosphere?
Which of these parts of the Earth system are interacting when Florida’s orange trees grow? A.Biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, & geosphere B.Geosphere, cryosphere,& atmosphere C.Biosphere, hydrosphere, & cryosphere D.Cryosphere, atmosphere, & hydrosphere
What is A? Biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, & geosphere
A conclusion or statement based off of your observations and past experiences.
What is an inference?
Clouds are part of these two spheres.
What are the hydrosphere and the atmosphere?
The layer where aircraft take off and land is the A________ . The layer where aircraft typically spend the most time is B_______________________.
A. troposphere
B. stratosphere
This sphere contains all of the living things on Earth.
What is the biosphere?
Amber is walking down the sidewalk & the wind is blowing her hair. 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
State which of these is a "A) Quantitative" and which is a B)"Qualitative"observation. Write the number with the correct letter next to it.
1. Students scored forty percent higher on their test when they studied.
2. The test was on yellow paper.
1. A) Quantitative
2. B) Qualitative
The layer of the atmosphere that has meteors (falling stars).
Mesosphere
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?
What was inside Canister C?
A. Fishing Weight
B. Plastic Bead
C. Sugar
A. Fishing Weight
Seeds spread by the wind is an example of an interaction between these two spheres.
What are the biosphere and the atmosphere?
An erupting volcano is an example of an interaction between these two spheres.
What are the atmosphere and the geosphere?
This sphere is the body of gases surrounding our planet.
What is the atmosphere?
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
How many miles up from the Earth does the atmosphere reach?
A. 348
B. 560
C. 286
A. 348
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?
Name the layers of the atmosphere from the outermost layer to the one closest to Earth.
A. Troposphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Exosphere
B. Exosphere, Troposphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Thermosphere
C. Exosphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Troposphere
C. Exosphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Troposphere
What gas makes up about 78% of our atmosphere?
Nitrogen
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
What % of the atmosphere is made up of Argon Gas?
A. 0.1%
B. 0.9%
C. 21%
B. 0.9%