1. EARTH’S SYSTEMS
Visually and verbally describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.

3. The Atmosphere The Geosphere The Hydrosphere The Biosphere
The Spheres of Earth
The Atmosphere
The Geosphere
The Hydrosphere
The Biosphere

4. The Spheres of Earth Sphere: place in which a thing belongs Atmo Hydro
Geo
Bio

5. The Spheres of Earth

6. The Spheres of Earth Sphere: place in which a thing belongs Atmo: air
Hydro: water
Geo: land
Bio: life
Examples: gases, wind, air
Examples: rocks, mountains, sand
Examples: rivers, oceans, glaciers
Examples: humans, plants, animals

8. What spheres do you see in this picture?
SPHERE INTERACTIONS
What spheres do you see in this picture?

9. Interact: act in such a way to have an effect on another
SPHERE INTERACTIONS
Interact: act in such a way to have an effect on another

10. What interactions between the spheres do you see?
SPHERE INTERACTIONS
What interactions between the spheres do you see?

11. SPHERE INTERACTIONS
Humans (biosphere) built a dam out of rock materials (geosphere).

12. SPHERE INTERACTIONS
Water in the lake (hydrosphere) seeps into the cliff walls behind the dam, becoming groundwater (geosphere), or evaporating into the air (atmosphere).

13. SPHERE INTERACTIONS
Humans (biosphere) harness energy from the water (hydrosphere) by having it spin turbines (geosphere) to produce electricity.

15. Plants (biosphere) draw water (hydrosphere) and nutrients from the soil (geosphere) and release water vapor into the atmosphere.
SPHERE INTERACTIONS

16. Humans (biosphere) use farm machinery (manufactured from geosphere materials) to plow the fields, and the atmosphere brings precipitation (hydrosphere) to water the plants.
SPHERE INTERACTIONS

17. Energy from the sun is stored by plants (biosphere)
Energy from the sun is stored by plants (biosphere). When humans or animals (biosphere) eat the plants, they acquire the energy originally captured by the plants. Humans expend some of this energy arranging bricks and wood (geosphere and biosphere) into buildings.
SPHERE INTERACTIONS

18. SPHERE INTERACTIONS Tropical Island, Palau Islands
Wind farm, Norfolk County, England
Suez Canal, Egypt
Oil wells burning, Kuwait and the Persian Gulf
Forest fire, Montana, U.S.A.
Mount Etna, a volcano on the island of Sicily, Italy

19. Southeast Trade Winds Dry Air Desert Rain Shadow Andes Mountains
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean

20. SPHERE INTERACTIONS
What are some sphere interactions that result from your daily activities?