wunder beta🌍 Earth's Connected Systems
Earth is made of four great systems: land, water, air, and life. Discover how the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere work together.
What you’ll learn
- Four Great SpheresName Earth's four spheres and identify the geosphere and hydrosphere.Scientists divide Earth into four systems called spheres. The geosphere is the solid rock and soil, and the hydrosphere is all the water in oceans, rivers, and ice. Together with air and life, they make up the whole planet.
- Air and Living ThingsDescribe the atmosphere and biosphere and match all four spheres to what they hold.The atmosphere is the layer of air around Earth, where weather happens and where our air comes from. The biosphere is every living thing. The biosphere is special because it reaches into all the other spheres.
- One Connected SystemExplain how the four spheres interact as one connected Earth system.The four spheres constantly trade material and energy. A single rainstorm links air, water, land, and life at once. Because a change in one sphere ripples into the others, they form one connected Earth system.
Questions this course answers
Which sphere includes all of Earth's rock and soil?
The geosphere is the solid part of Earth: all the rock, soil, and land, including the mountains and the ground.
The hydrosphere is made of...
The hydrosphere is all of Earth's water, including oceans, lakes, rivers, ice, and groundwater.
What does the atmosphere give living things?
The atmosphere is the layer of gases around Earth. It gives air to breathe, holds in warmth, and is where weather happens.
A fish, a tree, and a person all belong to which sphere?
The biosphere is every living thing on Earth, so fish, trees, and people are all part of it.
How does a rainstorm show that the spheres are connected?
Rain forms in the atmosphere, refills the hydrosphere, waters the geosphere, and helps the biosphere grow, linking all four.
A frozen glacier belongs to which sphere?
A glacier is made of ice, which is frozen water, so it belongs to the hydrosphere.
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- NASA Earth Science
- NOAA
- National Geographic Kids
- Britannica Kids
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