Earth System Quizzes

            Includes glaciers, rivers, and the oceans

• Atmosphere
• Lithosphere
• Biosphere
• Hydrosphere

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The thin layer of gases surrounding Earth

• desert
• mountain
• atmosphere
• ocean

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Earth system that contains all living things

• atmosphere
• lithosphere
• hydrosphere
• biosphere

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the solid part of Earth

• Earth's crust
• Geosphere

• Earth's atmosphere
• Earth's core

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Which lists the gases in the air from MOST to LEAST abundant?

• oxygen, nitrogen, trace gases

• trace gases, oxygen, nitrogen

• nitrogen, oxygen, trace gases

Weather takes place because

• gases move in the troposphere.

• the stratosphere contains the ozone layer.

• the thermosphere is the hottest layer of the atmosphere

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Most of the water on Earth is

• found underground.

• stored in the oceans.

• present in the atmosphere.

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Where is most of Earth’s freshwater?

• frozen in glaciers

• in rivers and lakes

• stored in the oceans

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Earth’s geosphere does NOT include

• soil, rocks, and minerals.

• the crust, mantle, and core.

• groundwater, rivers, and lakes.

What is the layer of the atmosphere closest to the Earth?

• Troposphere
• Ionosphere
• Exosphere
• Mesosphere