Earth's Spheres

This May Be on Your Test 1

100

Which unit is used to describe the volume of water in a pond? 

A. feet B. Grams C. Kiloliters D. Kilometers

What is C. Kiloliters 

200

How does the water cycle show how the hydrosphere and atmosphere interact? 

A. Plants soak up water from the ground. B. Air evaporates to form water vapor clouds. C. Water filters through the soil into groundwater. D. Heat and wind cause water in a pond to evaporate into the air.

 

What is D. Heat and wind cause water in a pond to evaporate into the air.

300

Which of these reservoirs contains the most water? 

A. lakes B. rivers C. glaciers D. groundwater

What is C. glaciers 

400

A student is making a model of how the atmosphere and biosphere interact. Which model best shows this?

 A. a diagram of animals eating plants B. a diagram of animals drinking water C. a diagram of plants decaying into the ground D. a diagram of plants giving off carbon dioxide

What is D. a diagram of plants giving off carbon dioxide

500

List all 4 spheres

What is Biosphere Hydrosphere Geosphere and Atmosphere ?

This May Be on Your Test 2

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

Which statement compares the amount of surface fresh water found in different locations?

A. The volume of ice and snow is greater than the volume of lakes. B. The volume of ice and snow is greater than the volume of groundwater. C. The volume of rivers and wetlands is greater than the volume of lakes. D. The volume of rivers and wetlands is greater than the volume of oceans.

What is A. The volume of ice and snow is greater than the volume of lakes.

400

Which of the following is correct about Earth's water ratio? 

A. 32% Fresh & 68% Salt B. 2.5% Fresh & 97.5% Salt  C. 68% Fresh & 32% Salt D. 97.5% Fresh & 2.5% Salt 

What is B. 2.5% Fresh & 97.5% Salt

500

Living things are part of the __________. Soil and sediments are part of the __________. Snow is part of the __________.

What is Biosphere, Geosphere & Hydrosphere

This May Be on Your Test 3

100

Which of the following are Fresh Water?

Glaciers, Groundwater, Oceans, Polar Ice Caps, Rivers

Glaciers, Groundwater, Polar Ice Caps, Rivers 

200

Which of the following are Salt Water?

Glaciers, Groundwater, Oceans, Polar Ice Caps, Rivers

Oceans 

300

Which 3 parts of the water cycle show the interaction between the hydrosphere and the atmosphere? Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Transpiration from Plants, Surface Run off and Groundwater

What is evaporation, condensation, and precipitation 

400

List the following in order from the least amount of water to the greatest amount. 

Oceans, Rivers/Lakes, Ice Caps/Glaciers, Water in the Atmosphere

Water in the Atmosphere, Rivers/Lakes, Ice Caps/Glaciers and Oceans 

500

How would I measure how deep the ocean is?

Kilometers, Centimeters or Inches 

Kilometers

Interacting Spheres

100

Which effect on the ecosystem shown is an example of how the geosphere and biosphere interact?

A. New land forms are created by lava flows. B.  Hot gases cause mountain snowcaps to melt. C. Acid rain leads to organisms in the oceans dying. D. Hot lava runs down the sides of the volcano, killing vegetation.

D. Hot lava runs down the sides of the volcano, killing vegetation.

200

Which of these parts of the Earth system are interacting when Florida’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 atmosphere is divided into 4 layers. Which layer constitutes the most mass? A. The mesosphere B. The stratosphere C. The thermosphere D. The troposphere

What is D? The troposphere

200

Even though Carbon Dioxide is a small percentage of the Earth’s atmosphere it greatly influences the __________ of the atmosphere. A. Mass B. Height C. Heating D. Density

What is C? heating

300

Earth Scientists have identified 4 distinct layers of the atmosphere. Which of the following defines the layers of the atmosphere? A. Their density B. Their altitudes C. Their air pressure D. Their temperature

What is D? their temperature

400

Of the following gases named, which one can trap the greatest amount of heat? A. Oxygen gas B. Nitrogen gas C. Carbon dioxide D. Ozone

What is C? Carbon dioxide (it is a greenhouse gas)

500

Ozone is a gas found mostly in the upper atmosphere. What is the main benefit of ozone? A. Ozone protects the Earth from loose space debris B. Ozone is responsible for rain, which provides water for Earth C. Ozone traps gravity so objects on Earth do not float away. D. Ozone filters out ultraviolet radiation from the sun & shields Earth from some of this harmful energy.

What is D? Ozone filters out ultraviolet radiation from the sun & shields Earth from some of this harmful energy