Earth Science Quiz

What is the hydrosphere?

• All of Earth's liquid and solid water

• The process of weathered rock moving

• A large sheet of ice

• Land near a body of water

What is erosion?

• The dropping off of eroded soil

• The process of weathered rock moving from one place to another

• A large sheet of ice

• Land near a body of water

What is deposition?

• The process of weathered rock moving

• A large sheet of ice

• The dropping off of eroded soil and bits of rock

• Can be caused by winds and waves

What is a floodplain?

• A large sheet of ice

• Land near a body of water that is likely to flood

• The process of weathered rock moving

• Can be caused by winds and waves

What is a glacier?

• A large sheet of ice that moves slowly across the land

• The process of weathered rock moving

• Land near a body of water

• Can be caused by winds and waves

What is a storm surge?

• A large sheet of ice

• The process of weathered rock moving

• Can be caused by winds and waves from a hurricane forcing water onshore

• Land near a body of water

Which sphere would groundwater fall under?

• Hydrosphere
• Atmosphere
• Geosphere
• Biosphere

What is the main component of the Earth's hydrosphere?

• Lakes

• Rivers

• Oceans

• Glaciers

Which sphere includes all of the Earth's water, ice, and water vapor?

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Geosphere