Earth's Spheres & Their Interactions

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 

Bats find shelter in caves:

• Atmosphere-Biosphere
• Biosphere-Geosphere
• Geosphere-Hydrosphere
• Atmosphere-Hydrosphere

Which of the following provides an example of an interaction between the atmosphere and the geosphere.

• A plant absorbing sunlight

• A person drinking water

• Wind blowing bits of rock off a boulder and changing its shape

• Water filtering through rocks underground

Shifting winds causes major rain storms which floods rivers, lakes and streams. Which 2 spheres are interacting in this event?

• hydrosphere and atmosphere

• hydrosphere and biosphere

• biosphere and atmosphere

• geosphere and hydrosphere

This sphere is composed of all the living things 

• Hydrosphere 
• Biosphere 
• Atmosphere 
• Geosphere 

When living things breathe, they interact with which of Earth's spheres? 

• Geosphere 
• Hydrosphere 
• Atmosphere 
• Biosphere 

Which of the following does NOT belong in the biosphere?

• Coral 
• Grass
• Starfish
• Clouds

Which of these human actions can have a positive impact on all of Earth's spheres?

• burning fossil fuels

• recycling plastic

• piling up landfills

• dumping waste

What are ways humans interact with the geosphere?

• Humans build things out of rock.

• Humans breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide.

• Humans use river water to hydrate their plants.

• Humans hunt and kill animals for food.

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