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Third Form Geography Assignment (January)

This geography assignment includes multiple-choice questions about Earth's spheres, such as the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. It also contains true or false statements regarding the characteristics of these spheres and short answer questions about the ozone layer and high altitudes in the exosphere. The assignment aims to assess students' understanding of Earth's environmental systems.

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Third Form Geography Assignment (January)

This geography assignment includes multiple-choice questions about Earth's spheres, such as the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. It also contains true or false statements regarding the characteristics of these spheres and short answer questions about the ozone layer and high altitudes in the exosphere. The assignment aims to assess students' understanding of Earth's environmental systems.

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Geography Assignment

Name:___________________ Class:________________ Date:___________________

1. To which sphere is the Earth's outer shell composed of rocks and soil?
a) Hydrosphere
b) Lithosphere
c) Atmosphere
d) Biosphere

2. Which sphere consists of all the water on the Earth's surface, including oceans, rivers,
and lakes?
a) Geosphere
b) Hydrosphere
c) Atmosphere
d) Biosphere

3. What is the gaseous layer surrounding the Earth, containing oxygen, nitrogen, and
other trace gases?
a) Hydrosphere
b) Lithosphere
c) Atmosphere
d) Biosphere

4. The biosphere includes:


a) The land and soil
b) All living organisms on Earth
c) The Earth's liquid and frozen water
d) The gaseous layer above the Earth's surface

5. Which sphere is responsible for supporting life and includes the interaction between
living organisms and their environments?
a) Hydrosphere
b) Lithosphere
c) Atmosphere
d) Biosphere

6. When a volcanic eruption spews gases and ash into the air, which two spheres are
interacting?
a) Hydrosphere and geosphere
b) Biosphere and geosphere
c) Geosphere and atmosphere
d) Biosphere and atmosphere
7. Which of these gases is the most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere, making up
about 78% of it?
a) Oxygen
b) Carbon Dioxide
c) Carbon Monoxide
d) Nitrogen

8. I contain 5 layers. Which sphere am I?


a) Hydrosphere
b) Atmosphere
c) Geosphere
d) Biosphere

9. Which of the following is the correct order of the atmosphere layers from Earth to
space?
a) troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
b) troposphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere, stratosphere
c) thermosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, troposphere, exosphere
d) troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, exosphere, thermosphere

10. What is the percentage of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere?


a) 1%
b) 21%
c) 78%
d) 90%
True or False

11. The exosphere is the layer where most weather events, such as clouds and storms,
occur. __________
12. The Lithosphere is associated with the Exosphere. __________
13. The spheres are not interrelated. ____________
14. Fishes are apart of the Hydrosphere. ____________
15. Trees and Humans are a part of the Biosphere. __________
16. Phones are a part of the Tectonosphere. __________

Short Answer Questions

17. Explain the significance of the ozone layer in the stratosphere for life on Earth.
(2 marks)

18. In the Exosphere, state what happens at very high altitudes. (2 marks)

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