Spheres
The system with rocks, soil, tectonic plates, volcanoes, erosion, and weathering.
What is...
the geosphere?
The water on all the earth.
What is...
the hydrosphere?
Interaction of rain falling from a cloud.
What is...
the hydrosphere and atmosphere?
The effect on the hydrosphere whenever there is an oil spill.
What is...
contaminates the water/ocean?
What is...
the biosphere and geosphere?
The system with ice, water vapor, snow, and groundwater.
What is...
the hydrosphere?
The air on all the earth.
What is...
the atmosphere?
Interaction of a burrowing animal moving sediment.
What is...
the biosphere and the geosphere?
The effect on the atmosphere from a volcanic eruption.
What is...
releasing greenhouse gases and dust clouds?
The system a dead leaf fallen on the ground is a part of.
What is...
the biosphere?
The system with microorganisms, fungi, and bacteria.
What is...
the biosphere?
The land on all the earth, including the crust, mantle, and core.
What is...
the geosphere?
Interaction of wind blowing rain against a rock.
What is...
the atmosphere and the hydrosphere and the geosphere?
The effect on the hydrosphere due to a hurricane.
What is...
storm surges, heavy rainfall, and change in the water levels?
Give an example of two systems interacting.
What is...
an example of two systems interacting?
The system involving a shield of gases around the globe that creates weather.
What is...
the atmosphere?
The living things on all the earth, including all ecosystems and living organisms.
What is...
the biosphere?
Interaction of a beaver dam using tree logs to block a river, causing the water to wash away the surrounding dirt.
What is...
the biosphere and the hydrosphere and the geosphere?
The effect on the biosphere from drought.
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plant and animal death, and wildlife extinction?
Give an example of three systems interacting?
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an example of three systems interacting?
Burning fossil fuels, deforestation, pollution, mining, ecosystem disruptions, etc.
What is...
human impact on the earth?
The biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.
What is...
the systems of the earth?
The interaction of plants decaying and becoming a part of the soil, then carbon being released from tilling the soil.
What is...
the biosphere and the geosphere and the atmosphere?
The effect on the geosphere due to coal mining.
What is...
rock and soil collapse and sinkholes?
Give an example of all four systems interacting.
What is...
an example of all four systems interacting?