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    Earths Spheres

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    - The document discusses the five spheres that make up Earth's system - geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, and cryosphere. - The geosphere includes Earth's core, mantle, crust, rocks, and human constructions. The hydrosphere includes oceans, lakes, rivers, and water in other states. The atmosphere includes air and gases surrounding Earth. The biosphere includes all living organisms. The cryosphere includes ice, glaciers, and frozen water. - These spheres interact where they intersect at Earth's surface through processes that move matter and energy between them.

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    - The document discusses the five spheres that make up Earth's system - geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, and cryosphere. - The geosphere includes Earth's core, mantle, crust, rocks, and human constructions. The hydrosphere includes oceans, lakes, rivers, and water in other states. The atmosphere includes air and gases surrounding Earth. The biosphere includes all living organisms. The cryosphere includes ice, glaciers, and frozen water. - These spheres interact where they intersect at Earth's surface through processes that move matter and energy between them.

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    - The document discusses the five spheres that make up Earth's system - geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, and cryosphere. - The geosphere includes Earth's core, mantle, crust, rocks, and human constructions. The hydrosphere includes oceans, lakes, rivers, and water in other states. The atmosphere includes air and gases surrounding Earth. The biosphere includes all living organisms. The cryosphere includes ice, glaciers, and frozen water. - These spheres interact where they intersect at Earth's surface through processes that move matter and energy between them.

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    Earth’s 5 Spheres

    Earth
    Apollo 17 astronauts captured a snapshot of the
    Earth system on their way to the moon in 1972.
    Essentially everything that was a part of the system then is
    still a part of the system today—that's why it's considered a
    closed system. All of the matter (solid, liquid, and gas) and
    all of the processes that move energy and materials from
    one part of the planet to another make up the
    Earth system.
    Looking at the image, what are the major parts of our
    planet that can interact as a system?
    Earth’s Five Spheres
    ● Five major parts of Earth work together as a
    complex system: ice, rocks, water, air, and life.
    ● On a global scale, each part can be thought
    of as a sphere that when combined form our
    planet.
    ● Five parts are called the geosphere, hydrosphere,
    atmosphere, cryosphere, biosphere.
    Geosphere
    Earth’s core, mantle, and crust: continents,
    ocean floor, rocks, sand, dust, metal,
    brick, and asphalt
    Hydrosphere
    Earth’s oceans, lakes, rivers, groundwater, rain,
    and snow
    Atmosphere
    Atmosphere: Earth’s oxygen, nitrogen, ozone,
    wind, and other gases
    Biosphere
    Earth’s living organisms such as plants,
    humans, animals, insects and microbes
    Cryosphere
    All of the frozen water on Earth: ice, glaciers,
    polar ice caps,icebergs, sea ice
    Give several examples of the spheres in this
    pictures.
    Do you think clouds should be classified as part
    of the hydrosphere or atmosphere? Explain
    why or why not.
    Sphere Interactions
    ● The surface of the geosphere, where the rocky part of
    our planet is in contact with water, air, and/or life is
    generally where the spheres intersect and affect each
    other.

    ● The processes that move matter and energy from one


    sphere to another, we can call sphere interactions.
    List the spheres and the interactions in
    these spheres.
    ● Humans (biosphere) built a dam out of rock materials (geosphere).
    ● Water in the lake (hydrosphere) seeps into the cliff walls behind the dam,
    becoming groundwater (geosphere), or evaporating into the air
    (atmosphere).
    ● Humans (biosphere) harness energy
    from the water (hydrosphere) by having
    it spin turbines (geosphere, because the
    turbines come from metal ores in the
    ground) to produce electricity.
    Work with your partner to Work with your partner to
    identify interactions in the
    picture.
    What effect do you have on the Earth system?
    As a part of the biosphere, think of some ways
    that you change the atmosphere, hydrosphere,
    or geosphere.
    • List some Earth sphere interactions that result
    from your own daily activities.

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