Earth's Spheres Quiz

Wind can carry seeds to new places, so more plants can grow. Which TWO spheres are most closely involved with this scenario?

• Atmosphere and Biosphere

• Hydrosphere and Lithosphere

• Biosphere and Lithosphere

• Atmosphere and Hydrosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Plants reduce soil erosion by protecting the land from weather. Which TWO spheres are most closely involved with this scenario?

• Biosphere and Atmosphere

• Biosphere and Lithosphere

• Lithosphere and Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere and Hydrosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Water erodes the land bringing nutrients to lakes. Which TWO spheres are most closely involved with this scenario?

• Hydrosphere and Geosphere

• Atmosphere and Biosphere

• Lithosphere and Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere and Biosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Cloud cover impacts the temperature on land. Which TWO spheres are most closely involved with this scenario?

• Atmosphere and Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere and Geosphere

• Atmosphere and Biosphere

• Hydrosphere and Lithosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Chemicals in the air impact the weathering of rocks. Which TWO spheres are most closely involved with this scenario?

• Atmosphere and Geosphere

• Hydrosphere and Biosphere

• Atmosphere and Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere and Biosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

An alligator who lives in a swamp is an interaction between which of Earth's spheres

• biosphere and atmosphere

• hydrosphere and biosphere

• atmosphere and geosphere

• geosphere and biosphere

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NGSS.5-ESS2-1

NGSS.5-LS2-1

When volcanoes erupt, dust and ash particles spread through much of the air blocking the sun.  Which two spheres are interacting? 

• Hydrosphere and atmosphere 
• Geosphere and atmosphere 
• Biosphere and atmosphere 
• Atmosphere and atmosphere 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When a plant takes carbon dioxide from the air which two systems are interacting? 

• Biosphere and atmosphere 
• Geosphere and atmosphere 
• Hydrosphere and atmosphere 
• Atmosphere and atmosphere 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Biosphere

• includes living plants and animals

• includes only nonliving soil, rocks, and minerals

• includes rivers, lakes, oceans, and glaciers

• includes all the gases on Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Atmosphere

• Includes living plants and animals.

• Includes only non-living soil, rocks

  and minerals.

• Includes rivers, lakes, oceans and

  glaciers.

• Includes all the gases on Earth.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4