Grade 5 Earth's spheres

Front

This sphere includes the continents, the ocean floor, all the rocks on the surface, and all of the sand in the deserts.

Back

Geosphere

Front

Composed of all the water on or near the earth

Back

Hydrosphere 

Front

This sphere is composed of all the living things.

Back

Biosphere

Front

Body of air surrounding our planet.

Back

Atmosphere

Front

Water evaporating from the surface of a lake moves from the...

Back

Hydrosphere to the atmosphere

Front

When living things breathe, they interact with which of Earth's spheres? Options: Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere

Back

Atmosphere

Front

When dead plants decompose and nitrogen is returned to the soil, the interaction is between which two spheres?

Back

The biosphere and geosphere

Front

What might happen if the earth didn't have an atmosphere?

Back

We wouldn't be able to breathe

Front

When carbon dioxide dissolves from the air into the ocean, the interaction is between...

Back

The atmosphere and hydrosphere 

Front

Oceans, rivers, lakes, and the moisture in the air are all part of which of Earth's spheres?

Back

Hydrosphere