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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich sphere contains all of Earth's water?geospherebiosphereatmospherehydrosphere
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich sphere would contain the sand at the beach?geosphereatmospherehydrospherebiosphere
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich sphere would contain whales and dolphins?geospherebiospherehydrosphereatmosphere
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich sphere would contain the oxygen that we breathe?geosphereatmospherebiospherehydrosphere
- 5. Multiple ChoiceTrue or false?
Geo means mountain.truefalse - 6. Multiple ChoiceTrue or false?
Hydro means water.truefalse - 7. Multiple ChoiceTrue or false?
Atmos means wind.truefalse - 8. Multiple ChoiceTrue or false?
Bio means life.TrueFalse - 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following does NOT belong in the hydrosphere?lakesriversfishrain
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following does NOT belong in the biosphere?coralgrassstarfishclouds
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following does NOT belong in the atmosphere?rainwindcloudshelium
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following does NOT belong in the geosphere?sandvolcanomushroomsrocks
- 13. Multiple ChoiceTrue or false?
The geosphere contains living things.TrueFalse - 14. Multiple Choice
When a wildfire occurs, what spheres are interacting?
biosphere only
atmosphere and biosphere
biosphere and hydrosphere
- 15. Multiple Choice
Identify the percent of Earth's surface that is covered in water.
1%
100%
50%
75%
- 16. Multiple Choice
How much of Earth's fresh water is found on the surface (such as lakes, rivers, streams, swamps, etc.)?
Less than 1%
30%
69%
- 17. Multiple Choice
Why is more than half of Earth's fresh water supply difficult to use?
It is located deep within the Earth where drilling a well is difficult.
It is frozen into polar ice caps and glaciers.
Lakes and streams are heavily polluted.
It is groundwater and is difficult to locate.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Humans, like all other organisms, need fresh water to survive. Of all the water found on Earth, how much of it is fresh water?
about 30%
about 3%
more than 70%
less than 1%
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThis is part of the....GeosphereAtmosphereHydrosphereCryosphere
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe Four Spheres of Earthare all connectedhave nothing to do with one anotherexist on Venus and Marsdon't affect human life
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThe hydrosphere is predominately made ofliquid waterfrozen watersolid rockgaseous air
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following describes all of the types of water found in the hydrosphere?all frozen water on the Earthall of the water on the Earthall of the fresh water on the Earthall of the water found on the surface of the continents
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThe rock, dust, soil, and minerals of the Earth's solid crust and outer mantle make up the ____BiosphereGeosphereCryosphereAtmosphere
- 24. Multiple ChoiceThis picture best describes which connection?Atmosphere-BiosphereHydrosphere-AtmosphereHydrosphere-GeosphereGeosphere-Biosphere
- 25. Multiple ChoiceThis volcano is an example of something you would find in the:AtmosphereBiosphereHydrosphereGeosphere
- 26. Multiple Choice3% of the World's Water is Freshwater. Of that 3%, most of it is stored where?GlaciersLakesRiversAtmosphere
- 27. Multiple ChoiceThe most abundant gas in the atmosphere is ___________ (78%) followed by ___________ (21%).oxygen/nitrogennitrogen/oxygencarbon dioxide/oxygennitrogen/carbon dioxide
- 28. Multiple Choice
The outermost layer of Earth is called the
crust
outer mantle
inner mantle
core
- 29. Multiple Choice
The crust of Earth is broken into
cups.
plates.
islands.
volcanoes.
- 30. Multiple Choice
Magma is located in the
crust
mantle
outer core
inner core
- 31. Multiple Choice
As you move in from the crust to the inner core, the temperature gets
hotter
colder
stays the same
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWhen living things breathe, they interact with which of Earth's spheres?GeosphereHydrosphereAtmosphereBiosphere
- 33. Multiple ChoiceWhen plants draw nutrients from the soil, the interaction is between which two spheres?The atmosphere and the geosphereThe geosphere and the hydrosphereThe hydrosphere and atmosphereThe biosphere and the geosphere
- 34. Multiple Choice
What do we call massive pieces of slow moving ice?
Ice Shelf
Ice Floe
Glaciers
None of the Above
- 35. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is found in the earths Geosphere
Soil
Rocks
Minerals
All of the Above
- 36. Multiple ChoiceAn example of a connection between ATMOsphere and HYDROsphere is:rainriverslakesrocks
- 37. Multiple Choice
In which sphere is the mantle found?
atmosphere
biosphere
cryosphere
geosphere
hydrosphere
- 38. Multiple ChoiceWhich part of the Earth's water cycle adds vapor to the atmosphere?precipitationrunoffcondensationevaporation
- 39. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the correct order of the layers of the Earth from the center to the surface?crust, mantle, outer core, inner corecrust, mantle, inner core, outer coreMantle, inner core, crust, outer coreinner core, outer core, mantle, crust
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