Earth's Sphere

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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Composed of all the water on or near the earth

• Hydrosphere 

• Biosphere 

• Atmosphere 

• Geosphere 

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This sphere is composed of all the living things 

• Hydrosphere 

• Biosphere 

• Atmosphere 

• Geosphere 

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Match the following Earth's spheres examples.

• Geosphere

•  Creates ecological communities

• Atmosphere

• Movement of tectonic plates can form volcanoes

• Biosphere

• An excess of CO2 is the cause of climate change

• Hydrosphere

• Clouds, mists, and fog

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Body of air surrounding our planet. 

• Hydrosphere 

• Biosphere 

• Atmosphere 

• Geosphere 

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Water evaporating from the surface of a lake moves from the...

• Atmosphere to the geosphere 

• Geosphere to the hydrosphere 

• Hydrosphere to the atmosphere 

• Atmosphere to the hydrosphere 

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When dead plants decompose and nitrogen is returned to the soil, the interaction is between which two spheres?

• The biosphere and atmosphere 

• The atmosphere and geosphere 

• The geosphere and atmosphere 

• The biosphere and geosphere 

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When carbon dioxide dissolves from the air into the ocean- the interaction is between...

• The atmosphere and geosphere 

• The atmosphere and hydrosphere 

• The atmosphere and biosphere 

• The atmosphere and atmosphere 

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When a plants takes carbon dioxide from the air which two spheres are interacting? 

• Biosphere and atmosphere 

• Geosphere and atmosphere 

• Hydrosphere and atmosphere 

• Atmosphere and atmosphere 

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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