6th Grade Midterm

What does it mean for the spheres to interact with one another?

• They are not connected in any way.

• Everything that happens in one sphere happens in another.

• They affect one another in different ways.

• Spheres take over one another so the other disappears.

What is one example of an interaction between the biosphere and hydrosphere?

• The water around coral reefs affecting sea organisms

• Mountains affecting the weather

• Water cycling in the sky

• An earthquake

What is one example of the geosphere and atmosphere interacting?

• Organisms in coral reefs affecting the water

• Mountains affecting the weather

• Water cycling in the sky

• An earthquake

The systems on Earth that interact with one another are called?

• Circles

• Ranges

• Spheres

• Layers

Select a characteristic that describe the oceanic crust.

• Mostly Granite

• Older form of crust

• less dense form of crust

• Thinner form of crust

Pick a characteristic that describes the oceanic crust

• Mostly Granite

• Made mostly of Basalt

• older form of crust

• less dense form of crust

Pick a characteristic that describes the oceanic crust

• Mostly Granite

• 5-10 km thick

• older form of crust

• less dense form of crust

Select the characteristic that describe the asthenosphere.

• Contains crust and upper mantle

• contains the upper mantle only

• made of solid rock

• closer to the earth's core

Select the characteristic that describe the asthenosphere.

• Contains crust and upper mantle

• made of less rigid rock, like silly putty

• made of solid rock

• closer to the earth's core

Select the characteristic that describe the asthenosphere.

• Contains crust and upper mantle

• closer to the Earth's surface

• made of solid rock

• closer to the earth's core