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Earth's Spheres
Test Description: FCAT Practice
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The continent of Antarctica is covered with an ice sheet. Which part of the Earth system includes the ice sheet?
A
biosphere
B
hydrosphere
C
atmosphere
D
cryosphere
2) Sometimes fires burn large areas of forests, which are part of the biosphere. Other than the biosphere, which of Earth’s other spheres is a forest fire most likely to affect?
A
atmosphere
B
hydrosphere
C
geosphere
D
cryosphere
3) The Florida Everglades is a large, warm wetland with many plants, animals, and microscopic organisms. Which part of the Earth system includes the water in the Everglades?
A
cryosphere
B
geosphere
C
hydrosphere
D
atmosphere
4) Ships encounter surface currents and waves as they travel across the ocean. Surface currents and waves form when energy from the sun causes two of Earth’s spheres to interact. Which two spheres interact to produce these waves and currents?
A
the atmosphere and hydrosphere
B
the cryosphere and atmosphere
C
the geosphere and biosphere
D
the biosphere and hydrosphere
5) When trees die, they often fall on the ground and decompose. Which part of the Earth system includes dead and decomposed trees?
A
atmosphere
B
hydrosphere
C
biosphere
D
geosphere
6) Which of these answers describes Earth’s atmosphere?
A
all living and once-living things
B
a mixture of nickel and iron below the mantle
C
the mixture of gases that surrounds Earth
D
all the salt and fresh liquid water on Earth’s surface
7) Which of these parts of the Earth system are interacting when Florida’s orange trees grow?
A
biosphere, hydrosphere, and cryosphere
B
geosphere, cryosphere, and atmosphere
C
biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere
D
cryosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere
8) Which of these pairs are part of the cryosphere?
A
permafrost and icebergs
B
glaciers and lakes
C
rain and snow
D
Arctic ice sheet and rainfall
9) What is Earth’s hydrosphere?
A
all the water
B
all the salt water
C
all the solid water
D
all the liquid water
10) The whooping crane is one of the most endangered birds on Earth. Where is the oxygen that whooping cranes breathe located?
A
atmosphere
B
biosphere
C
hydrosphere
D
geosphere
11) Wetlands support many plants, animals, and microscopic organisms. Which part of the Earth system includes the water in wetlands?
A
hydrosphere
B
atmosphere
C
cryosphere
D
geosphere
12) You are walking from your science class to the gymnasium, which spheres are interacting?
A
cryosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere
B
atmosphere, biosphere, and geosphere
C
atmosphere, cryosphere, and geosphere
D
hydrosphere, biosphere, and geosphere
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