Science Explainer: An overview of Earth's four spheres
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Read the passage An overview of Earth's four spheres. Then answer the questions below.
Read the passage An overview of Earth's four spheres. Then answer the questions below.
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Drag each answer choice into the correct space.
The Earth has four systems, for "spheres." The ______________ includes all of the solid rock, soil and sediments. The ________________ includes bodies of water. The ______________ is made up of its living things, and the _______________ is the gas that surrounds the Earth.
Other Answer Choices:
hydrosphere
atmosphere
geosphere
biosphere
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Drag each characteristic into the correct box to show which of Earth's spheres it describes.
Drag each characteristic into the correct box to show which of Earth's spheres it describes.
- Contains large amounts of salt that collect in deep valleys
- Includes matter in solid, liquid, and gaseous forms
- Includes communities such as deserts and grasslands
- Extends thousands of miles above the Earth's surface
- Includes microscopic organisms such as bacteria and viruses
- Protects other spheres from the Sun's radiation
- Biosphere
- Hydrosphere
- Atmosphere
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Which statements are true about the Earth's geosphere? Select two correct answers.
Which statements are true about the Earth's geosphere? Select two correct answers.