Spheres and Cycles

This system relates to weather, clouds, or aerosols (particles in the air). It includes an ever‐changing mixture of gas and small particles located above the Earth’s surface.

• Atmosphere
• Lithosphere
• Biosphere
• Hydrosphere

This system is associated with water in solid (ice) and liquid states. 

• Atmosphere
• Biosphere
• Hydrosphere
• Lithosphere

Geosphere is another name for...

• Atmosphere
• Biosphere
• Lithosphere
• Hydrosphere

This system is associated with living systems such as biomes or ecosystems. This includes life on land, in the oceans and rivers, and even life we cannot see with the naked eye.

• Atmosphere
• Biosphere
• Lithosphere
• Hydrosphere

Each Sphere is independent and not affected by things that happen in other spheres. 

• True
• False

What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation

The Earth is composed of a complex set of cycles, parts and processes that all work together as a _____________?

• Planet
• Unit
• System
• Factory

Ships encounter surface currents and waves as they travel across the ocean.  Surface currents and waves form when energy from the sun causes 2 of Earth’s spheres to interact.  Which 2 spheres interact to produce these waves and currents?

• The atmosphere and hydrosphere
• The biosphere and hydrosphere
• The geosphere and biosphere
• None of these are correct.  Currents and waves are caused by whales and other animals moving in the water.

Which of these parts of the Earth system are interacting when Florida’s orange trees grow?

• Cryosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere
• Biosphere, hydrosphere and cryosphere
• Geosphere, cryosphere and atmosphere
• Biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere

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

• Atmosphere to the hydrosphere
• Hydrosphere to the atmosphere
• Atmosphere to the geosphere
• Geosphere to the hydrosphere