Spheres Interaction
What spheres interact when a mole builds a home in the ground?
biosphere and geosphere
Fish living in the ocean is an example of
How the biosphere and hydrosphere interact.
How many total spheres are there?
4
What does the word GEO mean?
Earth
How are landfills bad for the spheres?
Old landfills leak and pollute water and ground.
A deer is drinking water from a lake. What TWO spheres are they a part of?
Bio and Hydro
The percent of freshwater we can utilize?
1%
What does the biosphere contain?
all living things
What does ATMO mean?
Air
True or False: if something happens in one sphere it only affects that one.
False, it can impact more than one always
A wildfire rages through California, what spheres are connected to the wildfire?
Bio-plants, animals, people can be injured or killed
Atmo-smoke into the air
Hydro-lose water resources
What are the 4 parts of the water cycle
percipitation, evaporation, condensation and ground collection
What does the geosphere contain
all land or ground including mountains
What does the word HYDRO mean?
Water
Oil or fertilizer can impact
the ground water
If someone fertilizes their plants, which spheres are impacted?
Bio, hydro, geo
What percent of fresh water is ground water?
20%
What does the hydrosphere contain
all water including lakes, rivers, oceans, etc
What does BIO mean?
life
What is one way to reduce the amount of trash in a landfill?
Recycle
Lava erupts and later cools on a rock. The new rock is part of what sphere?
Geo
What percent of freshwater is trapped in ice caps and glaciers
79%
What gases does our atmosphere contain?
All the gasses such as oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide
As snow melts, give an example of two or more spheres that are impacted.
the geosphere and biosphere
Oil spills in the ocean and washes onto a beach. The water and sand are part of which TWO spheres?
Hydro and Geo