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Date:
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Quiz: What Are Earth’s Major Systems?
Read each question. Circle the letter of the correct answer.
3. A layer of gases surrounds Earth.
Which of these is the name for this
layer of gases?
1. The rock cycle shows how forces can
change one type of rock into another.
The rock cycle shows which Earth
system?
A. air
A. atmosphere
B. vapor
B. biosphere
C. weather
C. geosphere
D. atmosphere
D. hydrosphere
4. Earth has four major systems. Which
system has many kinds of landforms?
2. Ari made this model. Look carefully at
each layer.
A. atmosphere
B. biosphere
C. geosphere
D. hydrosphere
5. Which Earth system includes humans?
A. atmosphere
B. biosphere
C. geosphere
D. hydrosphere
Which system is Ari modeling?
A. atmosphere
B. biosphere
C. geosphere
D. hydrosphere
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Read each statement. Write your answer on the lines.
6. Describe the biosphere. Identify one part of the biosphere.
7. Describe Earth’s hydrosphere. Identify one part of the hydrosphere.
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