Unit 2.1 Interactions of Earth's Spheres Review

Sydney watches the ocean waves move towards and away from the beach, carrying sand as they travel.  Which two spheres are interacting in this example?

• atmosphere and hydrosphere

• biosphere and hydrosphere

• geosphere and biosphere

• geosphere and hydrosphere

How will an increase in wind speed affect soil erosion?

• Soil erosion will increase.

• Soil erosion will decrease.

• Soil erosion will completely stop.

• Soil erosion will remain the same.

• Plants die causing the land to become more vulnerable to erosion.

• Water in the river changes from the ash that settles in it.

• Animals lose their plant-based homes and food sources.

• Smoke adds more carbon dioxide into the air.

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Which two spheres are interacting when a squirrel buries an acorn that will grow into a tree?

• geosphere and atmosphere

• cryosphere and hydrosphere

• biosphere and atmosphere

• biosphere and geosphere

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

• the geosphere and biosphere

• the biosphere and hydrosphere

• the cryosphere and atmosphere

• the atmosphere and hydrosphere

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Which 2 spheres interact when an earthquake causes a person to be trapped under a boulder?

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• cryosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

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Identify the interaction between which two of Earth's spheres shown in the picture.

• Atmosphere - Biosphere

• Hydrosphere - Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere - Geosphere

• Geosphere - Biosphere

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 The prefix "hydro" comes from a Greek word that means what?

• LIFE

• WATER

• AIR

• GROUND

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Plants reduce soil erosion by protecting the land from weather are interactions between the

• atmosphere and geosphere

• geosphere and biosphere

• atmosphere and hydrosphere

• hydrosphere and geosphere

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The earth’s lithosphere is divided into a series of plates that “float” on the partially melted upper mantle. This theory is known as?

• Big Bang Theory

• Theory of Plate Tectonics

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