Name the Sphere
What's the example?
Spheres Interactions
Mix and Match
100

Which of Earth's spheres includes all living things, from tiny bacteria to giant trees? 

What is the Biosphere? 

100

Which sphere do clouds and wind belong to?

What is the Atmosphere?

100

When a plant takes in water from the soil through its roots, which two spheres interact?

What are the Biosphere, Geosphere, Hydrosphere? 

100

What is the main source of energy that drives our water cycle and weather?

What is the sun?

200

Which sphere includes all the rocks, minerals, mountains, and the solid ground?

What is the Geosphere / Lithosphere?

200
An ocean wave crashing onto a sandy beach has water. Which sphere is the water part?

What is the Hydrosphere? 

200

When strong wind blows sand and shapes a rock (erosion), which two spheres interact? 

What are the Atmosphere and Geosphere? 

200

What two main gases make up the vast majority of Earth's Atmosphere? 

What are Nitrogen and Oxygen? 

300

Which sphere contains all of Earth's water in oceans, lakes, rivers, and underground?

What is the Hydrosphere? 

300

Magma and molten rock deep inside the Earth are part of which sphere?

What is the Geosphere? 

300

When a volcano erupts and shoots ash and Carbon Dioxide into the air, which spheres interact? 

What are the Geosphere and Atmosphere? 

300

About how much of Earth's surface is covered by water?

What is about 70-75%? 

400

Which sphere is the thin layer of gases that surrounds our planet?

What is the Atmosphere? 

400

An oak tree growing in the park belongs to which sphere?

What is the Biosphere?

400

Rain falling from a cloud helps grass grow in a field. Name two interacting spheres.

What are the Hydrosphere and Biosphere? 

400

Name the four major spheres of Earth all together,

What are the Atmosphere, Biosphere, Hydrosphere, and Geosphere?

500

What is the special name for the frozen part of Earth's water (glaciers and ice caps)?

What is the Cryosphere?

500

Polar ice caps and snow belong to which combined spheres?

What is the Hydrosphere and Cryosphere? 

500

Lightning from a storm strikes and hits a tree in the forest. Which two spheres are interacting?

What are the Atmosphere and Biosphere?

500

True or False: Earth's spheres work completely separately and never affect each other.

What is False?