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Earth's Four Spheres

Earth’s systems work together. Use the field notes and descriptions to identify the four spheres, trace their interactions, and explain how a change in one sphere can affect others.

Field Notes: A Storm at Pine Creek

A strong storm moves across a wooded valley. Rain falls into Pine Creek and soaks the soil. The fast-moving water carries small pieces of soil downhill. A fallen tree lies partly in the creek, and insects shelter under its damp bark. After the storm, water evaporates from the creek and rises into the air.

1.Which sphere includes the valley’s rocks and soil?
  • Atmosphere
  • Geosphere
  • Hydrosphere
  • Biosphere
2.The creek, rain, and water soaking into the ground belong to which sphere?
3.Fill in the blank: The sphere made up of Earth's air, including the air where clouds form, is the .
4.Name two living things in the field notes that belong to the biosphere.
5.Match each field-note example on the left with its sphere on the right. Use each sphere once.
  • Rocks and soil
  • Creek water
  • Air and clouds
  • Trees and insects
  • Atmosphere
  • Geosphere
  • Biosphere
  • Hydrosphere
6.Rain soaks the soil, and moving creek water carries soil downhill. Describe one interaction between the hydrosphere and the geosphere in this event.
7.The insects shelter beneath the fallen tree's damp bark. Which two spheres are interacting? Explain how they are connected.
8.After the storm, water evaporates from the creek and rises into the air. Explain how this connects two Earth spheres.
9.Imagine that a long dry period lowers the creek's water level. Predict one effect this could have on a living thing in the valley and explain why.

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  • Earth's Four Spheres, page 1 of 2: Field Notes: A Storm at Pine Creek

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  • Earth's Four Spheres, page 2 of 2: 6. Rain soaks the soil, and moving creek water carries soil downhill. Describe one…

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