Interactions of the Four Spheres of Earth

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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This sphere includes the continents, the ocean floor, all the rocks on the surface, and all of the sand in the deserts. 

• Hydrosphere 

• Biosphere 

• Atmosphere 

• Geosphere 

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The remains of dead plants and animals can get buried under soil to form coal and oil over long periods of time are interactions between the

• Hydrosphere and cryosphere

• Biosphere and atmosphere

• Geosphere and hydrosphere

• Geosphere and biosphere

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Air temperature impacts the evaporation of lakes and streams are interactions between the...

• Atmosphere and hydrosphere

• Hydrosphere and biosphere

• Biosphere and atmosphere

• Cryosphere and geosphere

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Flooding moves soil and rock to new places are interactions between the

• Biosphere and geosphere

• Hydrosphere and biosphere

• Geosphere and hydrosphere

• Hydrosphere and atmosphere

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The four spheres of Earth work independently of one another.

• True

• False

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The water cycle includes interactions among which spheres?

• geosphere and hydrosphere

• hydrosphere and atmoshpere

• biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere

• all the spheres

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Which of the following interactions is between the biosphere and hydrosphere?

• Beavers building dams.

• Kids riding boats at summer camp.

• Sea turtles migrating in the ocean.

• All of the above.

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In any marine biome, the major interaction of Earth's spheres is the _________ with the ____________.

• biosphere; atmosphere

• cryosphere; biosphere

• biosphere; hydrosphere

• hydrosphere; geosphere

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Earth is divided into four different spheres. Which statement is true about the interaction between two of these spheres?

• Weather is an interaction between the hydrosphere and the geosphere.

• A plant receiving water from precipitation is an interaction between the biosphere and the hydrosphere.

• An ice cap providing shelter for an arctic animal is an interaction between the biosphere and the hydrosphere.

• The formation of the Grand Canyon is an example of an interaction between the geosphere and the atmosphere.

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