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100

This sphere includes all living things on Earth

Bisophere

100

When water evaporates from a lake, what spheres are interacting?

The hydrosphere (water) and the atmosphere (gas). The water evaporates from the lake and becomes part of the atmosphere.

100

Plants, trees, flowers, humans, animals are found in this sphere.

Biosphere?

100

A boy is throwing snowballs. What spheres are interacting?

Biosphere (boy) and hydrosphere (snowball)

100

This percentage of Earth's surface is covered with water. 

around 70%

200

This sphere includes all of the water on Earth.

What is the hydrosphere?

200

When a forest is on fire, what spheres are interacting?

Biosphere (trees and animals) and Atmosphere (air). The trees and animals are dying from the fire. The air is becoming filled with smoke.

200

nitrogen and oxygen are found in this sphere

What is the atmosphere?

200

A baby is sleeping soundly. What spheres are interacting?

Biosphere (baby) and Atmosphere (air)

200

There are this many layers in the atmosphere.

5

300

This sphere is a thin layer of gas that surrounds Earth.

What is the atmosphere?

300

During a volcano eruption, what spheres are interacting? Assume that there is a community that lives at the bottom of the volcano.

Geosphere (rock) and Atmosphere (air) Also, the Geosphere (rock) and Biosphere (humans). The volcano erupts and shoots lava and gases into the atmosphere. The lava pours down the volcano and can kill humans or animals in its path.

300

Rock, dirt, and the inside of the Earth are in this sphere.

What is the geosphere?

300

A man is digging a hole in the ground to plant a tree. What spheres are interacting?

Geosphere (ground) and Biosphere (human and tree)

300

This Earth sphere includes all the frozen water (ice) on Earth and most of it is in the north an south pole.

The Cryosphere

400

This sphere contains all the layers INSIDE Earth as well as the solid layer of Earth.

What is the geosphere?

400

There is a severe drought (lack of water) in the western United States.  What spheres are interacting?

The geosphere (ground/rock) and biosphere (grass, crops). The ground would be so dry that vegetation wouldn't be able to grow. Also: the hydrosphere (water) and biosphere (land). The animals wouldn't have water to drink, so therefore they would die.

400

Puddles, lakes, ocean, rivers make up this sphere

What is the hydrosphere?

400

A child builds a sandcastle on the beach. What spheres are interacting?

Biosphere (child) and Geosphere (sand)

400

Most of the water on Earth is this type of water.

Saltwater or Ocean/Ocean water
500
Name all the spheres and what they contain!

Hydrosphere-Water

Biosphere- Life

Atmosphere- Gases

Geosphere-Solid/Rock

500
Explain the interaction of spheres during a typical rain shower in Kansas City.

Geosphere (ground)  Biosphere (plants, flowers, trees) Atmosphere (air) Hydrosphere (water)  The ground soaks up the rain water and plants are able to grow. Animals can drink from puddles or ponds. Some of the water is then evaporated back up into the air.

500
A bird drinking from a puddle includes what two spheres? 

Biosphere and hydrosphere

500

An earthworm tunnels through the soil in a compost pile. What spheres are interacting?

Biosphere (Earthworm) and Geosphere (soil)

500

These are the 4 parts of the water cycle.

evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff

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