Earth System

All living things on earth are part of the....

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Cryosphere

The Geosphere is...

• All liquid water on Earth

• A 100km thick layer of gases

• frozen water on earth

• Earths entire solid body

Earth is divided into four different spheres. Which statement is true about the interaction between two of these spheres?

• Weather is an interaction between the hydrosphere and the geosphere.

• A plant receiving water from precipitation is an interaction between the biosphere and the hydrosphere.

• An ice cap providing shelter for an arctic animal is an interaction between the biosphere and the hydrosphere.

• The formation of the Grand Canyon is an example of an interaction between the geosphere and the atmosphere.

What is the hydrosphere's function?

• a recycling planet powered by the flow of solar energy to support a network of life.

• sustains various life forms and plays an important role in ecosystems and regulating heat on earth.

• sustains life forms on the surface of the earth, absorbs and interacts with harmful solar rays.It protects the earth from natural and human-caused space debris.

• controls the distribution of minerals, rocks and soils and generates natural hazards that shape the land and impact humans

What is the atmosphere's function?

• a recycling planet powered by the flow of solar energy to support a network of life.

• sustains various life forms and plays an important role in ecosystems and regulating heat on earth.

• sustains life forms on the surface of the earth, absorbs and interacts with harmful solar rays.It protects the earth from natural and human-caused space debris.

• controls the distribution of minerals, rocks and soils and generates natural hazards that shape the land and impact humans

"Bio" in biosphere means ____.

• air, vapor

• rock, earth

• water

• life

"Atmo" in atmosphere means ____.

• air, vapor

• rock, earth

• water

• life

"Hydro" in hydrosphere means ____.

• air, vapor

• rock, earth

• water

• life

"Geo" in geosphere means ____.

• air, vapor

• rock, earth

• water

• life

How do the geosphere and the hydrosphere interact?

• The geosphere stores parts of the hydrosphere.

• The geosphere erodes (shapes) the hydrosphere.

• The hydrosphere stores parts of the geosphere.