Earth's Four Spheres
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Objective
I can evaluate the interactions between Earth's four spheres and their impact on specific environmental events.
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Warm-up video
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Key concepts
3 concepts
- 1
The Earth is made up of four parts called spheres, which include all of the stuff on our planet.
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The geosphere is made of all the rocks and minerals on Earth, and the biosphere is made of all living things.
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Biomes are regions that have similar kinds of plants, animals, and other living things that have adapted to live in a particular region's terrain and climate.
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Practice
12 questions
Name the four spheres that make up the Earth.
Which sphere is primarily composed of non-living components such as rocks and minerals?
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Exit ticket
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“Describe an interaction between the geosphere and the biosphere. Give a specific example of how one sphere affects the other, based on the video.”
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