Chemistry spheres

Geosphere

Sphere that means Earth/ground

What the geosphere contains

This sphere contains only non-living things like rocks and mountains.

Examples of geosphere

Mountains, dirt, rocks, canyons

Atmosphere

Sphere that means air

Layers of the atmosphere

Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere (including exosphere)

Spheres of the Earth

geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, cryosphere, biosphere

What the atmosphere contains

All the gases and air around us

What the atmosphere DOES NOT contain

space and rain

This is the sphere that is between Earth's geosphere and space

Atmosphere

Examples of atmosphere

The air you breathe, carbon dioxide, nitrogen

Biosphere

Sphere that means life

What the biosphere includes

All living things

Examples of biosphere

grass, plants, trees, humans, animals

Hydrosphere

Sphere that means water

These are the two spheres that are sometimes lumped together as one sphere

Hydrosphere and cryosphere

What the hydrosphere includes

This sphere includes all water, including lakes, streams, and salt water (like the ocean)

Examples of hydrosphere

Lake Weir (the lake), the Atlantic Ocean

Cryosphere

This sphere means ice

Examples of the cryosphere

Glaciers, Alaska, snow, sleet, hail

What is weather?

What's happening daily, minute-by-minute or this week in the atmosphere

What is climate?

What has happened in the atmosphere on average over the past 30 years

Water evaporating from the surface of a lake moves from the…

Hydrosphere to the atmosphere

When dead plants decompose and nitrogen is returned to the soil, the interaction is between which two spheres?

Biosphere to geosphere to atmosphere

What might happen if the earth didn't have an atmosphere?

We wouldn't be able to breathe and would get hit directly by the sun's radiation, meteors, etc.

When carbon dioxide dissolves from the air into the ocean, what is the direction the interactions goes?

Atmosphere to hydrosphere

When a plants takes carbon dioxide from the air which two spheres are interacting?

Biosphere and atmosphere

When volcanoes erupt, dust and ash particles spread through much of the air blocking the sun. Which two spheres are interacting?

Geosphere and atmosphere

When plants draw nutrients from the soil, the interaction is between which two spheres?

Geosphere and biosphere

A thunderstorm is a connection between what two spheres?

Hydrosphere and atmosphere

A snowstorm is a connection between what two spheres?

Cryosphere and atmosphere

When you walk through the snow, what two spheres are interacting?

Cryosphere and biosphere