Semester 2 Review

Earth's water is continuously circulating through the process of the water cycle. It evaporates, condenses, and falls back to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail. This process is occurring within which of Earth's spheres?

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

• Atmosphere

The atmosphere consists of different layers. Weather phenomena like clouds, air pollution, and cyclones that develop are part of which layer of the atmosphere?

• Thermosphere

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

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Earth has four spheres that are closely connected to each other. A change in one can create a change in another. If a tropical storm develops over the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean and remains over warm water for a period of time, it strengthens and becomes a hurricane, producing strong winds. The interaction between which two spheres contributed to the formation of the hurricane?

• Hydrosphere and atmosphere

• Geosphere and hydrosphere

• Atmosphere and geosphere

• Biosphere and hydrosphere

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The following image shows a savannah ecosystem. Why are ecosystems like the savannah considered to be part of the biosphere?

• All the water in an ecosystem is collected in rivers, streams, and watersheds.

• Ecosystems are areas where all plants and animals, known as biotic factors, interact with nonliving, or abiotic, factors.

• Ecosystems include abiotic factors such as rocks, soil, and minerals found in Earth's crust.

• Plants in the ecosystem produce oxygen through the process of photosynthesis.

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Humans interact with and are affected by Earth through volcanic activity, earthquakes, and the use of land for farming. These interactions occur on the surface of Earth and are just a small part of which of Earth's systems?

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Geosphere

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Look at the following image. Trees are being cleared to make space for new agricultural crops and construction. How do these events affect Earth's spheres? Select TWO correct answers.

• Hydrosphere - water is better retained now that the land is barren of vegetation

• Atmosphere - the cutting down of trees increases the moisture in the air

• Atmosphere - the decrease in the number of trees increases the carbon dioxide in the air

• Geosphere - soil erosion is less likey to occur

• Biosphere - animals lose their habitats as trees are cut and removed

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Which layer of the atmosphere protects Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation from the Sun and contains the ozone layer?

• Stratosphere

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere

• Mesosphere

The solid portion of Earth that includes both the solid crust and the solid and molten rock found in the interior of Earth can be identified as the ________

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

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The geosphere is made up of three major components. Landforms that can include craters, deltas, and faults would all be found in which of the components?

• Crust

• Outer core

• Mantle

• Inner core

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Which spheres are interacting when water weathers and erodes rocks, then deposits sediments where the river enters the ocean?

• Geosphere and hydrosphere

• Atmosphere and biosphere

• Atmosphere and geosphere

• Hydrosphere and biosphere

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