Earth's Spheres

This sphere is the life-support system for Earth and includes the radiant energy of the sun.

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Geosphere

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

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• The biosphere and atmosphere 
• The atmosphere and geosphere 
• The geosphere and atmosphere 
• The biosphere and geosphere 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

• The atmosphere and geosphere 
• The atmosphere and hydrosphere 
• The atmosphere and biosphere 
• The atmosphere and atmosphere 

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

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

• Hydrosphere 
• Biosphere 
• Atmosphere 
• Geosphere 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When a plants takes carbon dioxide from the air which two spheres are interacting? 

• Biosphere and atmosphere 
• Geosphere and atmosphere 
• Hydrosphere and atmosphere 
• Atmosphere and atmosphere 

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

This part of the atmosphere contains the Ozone layer.

• Troposphere

• Ionosphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

Human activity can impact the hydrosphere through

• waste run-off from the land

• untreated sewage entering waterways

• acid rain from the atmosphere

• All of the above

Deforestation, salinity, pesticide use and erosion are human activities that can negatively impact the

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

Within the Biosphere, Biota includes all of the

• Living things

• Non-living things

• Man-made things

• None of the above