Earth Science Quiz

What is the correct definition of the term system?

• A. A group of people that help the environment

• B. The process of melting glaciers

• C. Parts working together as a whole

• D. Relief

Which of the following is an example of a system working within our hydrosphere?

• A. Erosion

• B. The water cycle

• C. Positive feedback

• D. Hydroelectricity

Which of the following is an example of a system working within our geosphere?

• A. The rock cycle

• B. Weathering

• C. Elevation

• D. Lake Meade

What is the relatively thin layer of gasses that envelope the Earth called?

• A. Cryosphere

• B. Geosphere

• C. Atmosphere

• D. Biosphere

What is all of the rock and metal on and within the Earth called?

• A. Hydrosphere

• B. Geosphere

• C. Biosphere

• D. Atmosphere

What is all of Earth's water called, including the water found in the atmosphere as water vapor?

• A. Hydrosphere

• B. Cryosphere

• C. Atmosphere

• D. Biosphere

The atmosphere holds all the frozen water on Earth's surface or in the

• A. Geosphere

• B. Hydrosphere

• C. Atmosphere

• D. Cryosphere

What are the parts of Earth that contain all the living organisms called?

• A. Atmosphere

• B. Geosphere

• C. Biosphere

• D. Hydrosphere

What kind of energy drives the water cycle?

• A. Heat from the interior of Earth

• B. The hydrosphere

• C. Heat from the sun

• D. The water level rises from the melting glaciers

What kind of energy drives the rock cycle?

• A. Heat from the interior of Earth

• B. The hydrosphere

• C. Heat from the sun

• D. The water level rises from the melting glaciers