Environmental Science Spheres of the Earth

What is the geosphere?

• all the air and gases on the planet

• all the frozen water on the Earth

• the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

• the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the biosphere?

• all the air and gases on the planet

• made up of living things

• the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

• the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the hydrosphere?

• all the air and gases on the planet

• made up of living things

• the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

• the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the atmosphere?

• all the air and gases on the planet

• made up of living things

• the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

• the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Comes from the Greek word for "life"

• bio-

• hydro-

• atmo-

• geo-

Comes from the Greek word for "ground"

• bio-

• hydro-

• atmo-

• geo-

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Comes from the Greek word for "water"

• bio-

• hydro-

• atmo-

• geo-

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Comes from the Greek word for "air"

• bio-

• hydro-

• atmo-

• geo-

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

When a dead plant decomposes into the soil, the interaction is between the __________ and the _____________.

• atmosphere and hydrosphere

• biosphere and geosphere

• hydrosphere and biosphere

• atmosphere and geosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

When an animal or human breathes air, the interaction is between the __________ and the _____________.

• atmosphere and hydrosphere

• biosphere and geosphere

• hydrosphere and biosphere

• atmosphere and biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3