Environmental Science
Earth's Four Spheres, from the crust to the exosphere.
One paper covering the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere, the bodies of water, the water cycle and the five layers of air, exactly as the Term 1 Week 8 lesson teaches them.
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- 40
- Lesson
- Earth's Four Spheres
- Schedule
- Term 1 / Week 8
- Format
- Multiple choice
Multiple choice · 40 items
Earth's Four Spheres practice paper
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Item 1Earth as a system
About how large is Earth's diameter?
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Item 2Earth as a system
Approximately how old is Earth?
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Item 3Earth as a system
Earth is called a terrestrial planet because it is
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Item 4Earth as a system
Which statement about Earth is correct?
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Item 5Four spheres
Which sphere includes rocks, soil and land?
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Item 6Four spheres
Which sphere includes all of Earth's water?
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Item 7Four spheres
The layer of gases surrounding Earth is the
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Item 8Four spheres
All living things and the areas where life exists belong to the
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Item 9Four spheres
Deforestation affecting soil, water, air and animals best shows that the spheres are
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Item 10Hydrosphere
About what percent of Earth's surface is covered by water?
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Item 11Hydrosphere
Most of Earth's water is
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Item 12Hydrosphere
Much of Earth's freshwater is stored in
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Item 13Hydrosphere
Water vapor in the atmosphere is an example of water in which state?
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Item 14Bodies of water
Which is the largest body of water on Earth?
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Item 15Bodies of water
A large body of salt water that is partially surrounded by land and shallower than an ocean is a
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Item 16Bodies of water
A large body of water completely surrounded by land is a
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Item 17Bodies of water
In the lesson, a pond has a surface area of less than
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Item 18Bodies of water
A naturally flowing body of freshwater that moves from higher to lower elevation is a
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Item 19Bodies of water
Where river freshwater mixes with ocean saltwater, the water is called
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Item 20Bodies of water
A body of water partly surrounded by land with a wide opening to a sea or ocean is a
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Item 21Bodies of water
A narrow waterway connecting two large bodies of water is a
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Item 22Bodies of water
A shallow body of water separated from the sea by a sandbar or coral reef is a
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Item 23Water cycle
The Sun heats water and liquid water becomes water vapor. This step is
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Item 24Water cycle
Water vapor cools and forms tiny droplets that make clouds during
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Item 25Water cycle
Rain, snow, sleet and hail are all forms of
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Item 26Water cycle
Which sequence shows the water cycle in the correct order?
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Item 27Water cycle
Water that soaks into the ground during collection becomes
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Item 28Cryosphere
The frozen portion of water on Earth's surface is called the
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Item 29Cryosphere
Which place holds the majority of the world's freshwater ice?
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Item 30Atmosphere
Which atmospheric layer is lowest, reaching about 12 km, where weather occurs?
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Item 31Atmosphere
The ozone layer is found in the
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Item 32Atmosphere
Meteors burn up and appear as shooting stars in the
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Item 33Atmosphere
Auroras such as the Northern Lights occur in the
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Item 34Atmosphere
Which is the outermost layer, extending about 700 to 10,000 km?
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Item 35Atmosphere
The ozone layer protects Earth mainly from
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Item 36Geosphere
Which is Earth's thinnest and outermost layer?
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Item 37Geosphere
Earth's thickest layer, reaching about 2,900 km deep, is the
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Item 38Geosphere
Which layer is liquid and made mainly of molten iron and nickel?
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Item 39Geosphere
The lithosphere is made up of the
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Item 40Biosphere
Species brought into an area that compete with native species for food and habitat are called
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