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What term describes when two or more things depend on one another?
What is interdependence?
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.biosphere C. atmosphere D. hydrosphere
What is C?Atmosphere
Which statement best describes the relationship between the geosphere and weather patterns?
A. Rain the atmosphere interacts with different landforms.
B. Winds in the atmosphere interact with different parts of the ocean.
C. Winds and clouds in the atmosphere interact with different landforms.
D. Clouds in the atmosphere interact with different rivers.
What is C. Winds and clouds in the atmosphere interact with different landforms.
The Earth’s crust and the uppermost solid layer of the upper mantle.
What is Lithosphere?
The warming of the surface and lower atmosphere of earth that occurs when water vapor, carbon dioxide and other gases absorb and trap thermal energy.
What is greenhouse effect?
Which of these parts of the Earth system are interacting when Florida’s orange trees grow? A.Biosphere, hydrosphere, & atmosphere B.Geosphere, lithosphere,& atmosphere C.Biosphere, hydrosphere, & lithosphere D.Lithosphere, atmosphere, & hydrosphere
What is A? Biosphere, hydrosphere, & atmosphere
Give two examples of Earth’s hydrosphere.
*Potential answers*
Glaciers, ice caps, rivers, lakes, oceans, rain, etc.
78% of this sphere is Nitrogen
What is atmosphere?
Name the job of the atmosphere.
What is to keep the Earth warm for all life?
What word refers to a set of connected things or parts that form a complex whole?
What is system?
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.atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere D.geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere
What is B. atmosphere & biosphere
What two spheres does the water cycle move through?
Hydrosphere and atmosphere
The sphere where weather takes place…
What is atmosphere?
What would happen to the temperature of the Earth if the atmosphere were to thin out too much and start to disappear? A. It would burn all life on the planet. B. It would get super heated because of the sun. C. It would get freezing cold because of greenhouse gases. D. It would get freezing cold because there is no protection from space.
What is D. It would get freezing cold because there is no protection from space.
The atmosphere is a boundary between Earth & outer space. What is the atmosphere? A.The layer of gases that surrounds Earth. B.The layer above the Earth that contains ozone. C.The layer above Earth where weather happens. D.The layer above earth that is responsible for gravity.
What is A. The layer of gas that surrounds Earth?
How do the biosphere and hydrosphere interact?
Most commonly the plants and animals in the biosphere use water from the hydrosphere to grow and for their habitats.
List all 4 spheres
What is Biosphere Hydrosphere Geosphere and Atmosphere ?
What sphere is represented by the following layers: crust, mantle, outer core, inner core?
A. Biosphere B. Lithosphere C. Geosphere D. Hydrosphere
What is C. Geosphere?
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. Lithosphere D. atmosphere
What is D? Atmosphere