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Review Of The Earth System - Earth Systems And Interactions And The Geosphere. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Which statement is true?
a) Minerals form from soils.
b) Some minerals were once alive.
c) Rocks contain one or more minerals.
d)

The asthenosphere is ______
a) a part of the crust
b) partially melted rock material
c) the densest layer of the geosphere
d)

The _______ is beneficial to the phosphorus cycle.
a) formation of algal bloom
b) decomposition of dead plants
c) removal of large number of trees
d)

Earth's ________ make up the lithosphere.
a) outer and inner cores
b) mantle and asthenosphere
c) crust and uppermost mantle
d)

What is thought to cause Earth's magnetic field?
a) the solid iron in Earth's inner core
b) the movement of molten iron in Earth's outer core
c) iron particles moving in the currents of Earth's oceans
d) particles of iron moving through the atmosphere

Which layer of the geosphere has the largest volume?
a) the mantle
b) the outer core
c) the crust
d) the inner core

Which Earth systems interact in soil?
a) the biosphere and the geosphere only
b) the geosphere and the hydrosphere only
c) the biosphere, the geosphere and the atmosphere only
d) the biosphere, the geosphere, the atmosphere, and the hydrosphere

What is the relationship between minerals and rocks?
a) Minerals are made up of rocks.
b) Minerals are a component of rocks.
c) A rock is a type of mineral.
d) A rock contains only one type of mineral.

What types of rocks are granite and basalt?
a) metamorphic
b) sedimentary
c) igneous
d) weathered

Where is carbon stored in the form of carbon dioxide?
a) in the biosphere and in the atmosphere
b) in the biosphere and in the geosphere
c) in the atmosphere and in the hydrosphere
d) in the geosphere and in the hydrosphere

Which of the following move within and between Earth systems?
a) neither matter nor energy
b) matter but not energy
c) energy but not matter
d) both matter and energy

Which is an interaction between the biosphere and geosphere?
a) Rising sea levels change habitats.
b) Organisms contribute to weathering and erosion.
c) Plants use oxygen and carbon dioxide during photosynthesis.
d) Volcanic eruptions eject gas and debris into the air.

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