1. Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Cryosphere, Atmosphere, & Biosphere
Earth’s 5 Spheres
Earth’s 5 Spheres
TEACHER NOTES below. This is version 2 of the ppt, which includes all answers. Use this version if you prefer your students take notes and not dig facts out of their textbooks.
Materials per student: sheet of copy paper, pencil, colored pencils, scissors, small cup
Super-Simple Procedure: Click through the PowerPoint and have students do everything shown on the screen!
(See notes on later slides for more info.)
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Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Cryosphere, Atmosphere, & Biosphere

2. Earth’s 5 Spheres
With paper turned sideways, trace cup to get the Earth circle shown. Draw some “continents”. The ovals on the top/bottom of earth will become ice caps.

3. Earth’s 5 Spheres
Color the continents brown.

4. Earth’s 5 Spheres Bio-sphere- life
life is found almost everywhere on earth- in soil, lakes, and even on rocks
most life needs oxygen or carbon dioxide to survive
most also need liquid water and moderate temperatures
Geo-sphere-
The rocky part of Earth
Goes from center of Earth to the surface
Divided into 3 layers: crust (least dense), mantle, and core (most dense)
land
the sun is the original source of energy for all life on earth
Atmo-sphere- air
The invisible gas surrounding earth
About 600km high, but most gases are near earth’s surface
78% of the gas is nitrogen
Atmosphere reflects and absorbs some harmful UV rays
Earth’s 5 Spheres
Hydro-sphere-
Includes lakes, rivers, marshes, clouds, rain, and underground water
97% of all water is salt; oceans cover 70% of Earth’s surface
The water cycle is how water moves on, above and below earth
liquid water
Cryo-sphere- frozen
All the frozen water on earth
Mostly in Antarctica and the Artic
Includes snow, glaciers, sea ice, icebergs, and even frost in the ground
Amount changes with the seasons
Color the ocean dark blue, and the atmosphere light blue (could use the same pencil and shade lightly for the atmosphere). Leave the polar ice caps uncolored.
Pattern as we discuss each sphere:
Name the sphere and underline it (it’s hyphenated to draw more attention to the self-explaining name, as in- “hydro-” means what?)
Draw an arrow to where it’s at
One-word association
Key facts