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All of the water in the air, oceans, rivers, lakes, icecaps, soil, rocks, and organisms of Earth
A. Geosphere
B. Hydrosphere
C. Atmosphere
D. Interactions
What is hydrosphere?
Actions by one thing that have an effect on a different or separate thing
A. Interactions
B. Cause and effect
C. Independent
D. Erosion
What is interactions?
Rock heated to a temperature that is sufficient to turn it into a thick liquid
A. compacted magma
B. lava rock
C. sediment
D. molten rock
The layer of gas surrounding Earth; held in place by gravity and composed of a limited number of elements—primarily nitrogen and oxygen
A. Hydrosphere
B. Atmosphere
C. Biosphere
D. Stratosphere
What is atmosphere?
The sum of all living matter, made of a limited number of elements, including oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus
A. Ecosystem
B. Biome
C. Biosphere
D. Population
What is biosphere?
Heavy snowfall builds up on a mountain and later melts in the spring, filling nearby rivers.
Which Earth systems are interacting?
A. Atmosphere and Biosphere
B. Hydrosphere and Geosphere
C. Biosphere and Geosphere
D. Atmosphere and Geosphere
What is hydrosphere and geosphere?
Sand or small pieces of rock broken down by weathering and deposited on the land or at the bottom of a body of water
A. Atmosphere
B. Sediments
C. Interactions
D. Hydrosphere
What are sediments?
Feature on the surface of Earth such as a mountain, hill, dune, ocean, or river
A. landform
B. plains
C. geosphere
D. rocks
What is landform?
A person breathes and eats air because they already ate all of the food available to them. Which Earth systems are interacting?
A. Biosphere and Atmosphere
B. Biosphere and Geosphere
C. Atmosphere and Hydrosphere
D. Geosphere and Hydrosphere
What is biosphere and atmosphere?
Earth's systems can interact over a long period of time. What is an example of this? Describe how Earth’s systems interact in these changes.
Wind in the atmosphere can cause sand dunes to change shape and move over a long period of time. The atmosphere is interacting with the geosphere.
Which of the following is an example of the Biosphere affecting the Geosphere?
A. A river carves a canyon through solid rock over millions of years.
B. Tree roots grow into cracks in a rock and eventually break it apart.
C. A volcanic eruption releases ash and smoke into the sky.
D. Heavy snow on a mountain melts and runs into a nearby lake.
What is B. Tree roots grow into cracks in a rock and eventually break it apart?
When a hurricane brings heavy rain and flooding to a coastal forest, which two systems are interacting most directly?
A. Geosphere and Atmosphere
B. Hydrosphere and Biosphere
C. Atmosphere and Geosphere
D. Geosphere and Hydrosphere
What is hydrosphere and biosphere?
Plants take in water from the soil through their roots. This is an interaction between:
A. The Hydrosphere and the Biosphere
B. The Atmosphere and the Geosphere
C. The Geosphere and the Hydrosphere
D. The Biosphere and the Atmosphere
What is the hydrosphere and the biosphere?
After a long period of rain, water soaks into the ground and causes a hillside to slide downward.
Which two Earth systems are interacting?
A. Biosphere and Atmosphere
B. Hydrosphere and Geosphere
C. Atmosphere and Biosphere
D. Geosphere and Biosphere
What is hydrosphere and geosphere?
Years after an eruption, new plants called lichens begin to grow on the cooled, hard lava rock. This is a long-term interaction between the Geosphere and this system.
What is the biosphere?
Imagine an eruption on a planet with no Atmosphere. Explain why there would be no "ash clouds" or "volcanic rain" following the blast.
There is no air to carry ash particles or water vapor to form rain droplets.
How does the ocean affect climate?
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Water evaporates from the ocean into the atmosphere, which can affect the climate of an area. The temperature of the ocean water can also affect the climate in an area. Ocean currents can move warm or cold water to other areas of Earth.
Earth's systems can interact quickly. What is one example of this?
Answers may vary.
A large amount of rain, which is part of the hydrosphere, can cause a landslide to happen quickly without much warning.This is the hydrosphere interacting with the geosphere.
There is a Wendy's on top of Mt. Fuji. Rei Ahn is climbing up and notices that the air is colder than when he started at the base of the mountain. Why is the air colder?
What is as the land pushes upward into the sky, it forces the air to move up with it, causing the temperature to drop?
When volcanic ash eventually settles and adds chemical nutrients to the soil, it represents a long-term positive interaction between the Geosphere and this system.
What is hydrosphere?
Which of Earth's systems does Allison take up?
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