Introduction to Earth as a biosphere
Figure 1: Diagram showing carbon cycled through an environment
1. Which of the following steps of the carbon cycle is occurring at point A?
Choose 1 answer:
a) Respiration
b) Combustion
c) Photosynthesis
d) Decomposition
2. Which of the following correctly pairs a step of the water cycle with its events?
Choose 1 answer:
a) Condensation - water droplets fall to Earth as rain, hail, or snow
b) Transpiration - water vapour cools and turns into liquid droplets
c) Precipitation - water enters through a plant's roots, travels through its vascular system, and
escapes through its leaves
d) Evaporation - liquid water changes into water vapour
3. What imaginary sphere surrounds the Earth and is where the vast majority of life
finds a home?
Choose 1 answer:
a) Lithosphere
b) Atmosphere
c) Biosphere
d) Stratosphere
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What are biotic and abiotic components? Give examples of each.
Define the term atmosphere?
What is biosphere? What is it made up of?
Refer to Figure 2. What are the missing terms on the water cycle?
Explain step by step process in which water evaporates and falls on the land as rain
and later flows back into the sea.
Figure 2: Diagram showing water cycled through an environment