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Describing Earth's four major systems with a labeled model
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Earth's Spheres Worksheets
The geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere, how they interact, and how much of Earth's water is salt water and fresh water.
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Earth's four spheres
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View all 2 pagesEarth's spheres diagram to label (Word Bank)
Identifying Earth's four major systems
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View all 2 pagesEarth's spheres cut and paste worksheet
Identifying Earth's four major systems
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How the spheres interact
View all 2 pagesEarth's spheres sort Worksheet: which Sphere?
Classifying parts of Earth into the four spheres
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View all 2 pagesEarth's spheres interactions worksheet
Describing ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere interact
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View all 2 pagesEarth's systems reading Passage: the rain shadow
Explaining how the geosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere interact to shape climate
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Water on Earth
View all 2 pagesWater on earth Worksheet: salt water and fresh water
Describing the amounts of salt water and fresh water on Earth
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View all 2 pagesWhere is Earth's fresh Water? bar graph worksheet
Graphing the amounts of fresh water in different reservoirs
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Words and review
View all 2 pagesEarth's spheres vocabulary worksheet
Using vocabulary for Earth's systems
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View all 2 pagesEarth's spheres quiz for 5th grade
Reviewing Earth's spheres and the distribution of water
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About these earth's spheres worksheets
Earth has four major systems, or spheres: the geosphere (rock and soil), the hydrosphere (all water, including ice and clouds), the atmosphere (air) and the biosphere (living things). They interact all the time: rain wears down mountains, plants add oxygen to the air, volcanoes fill the sky with ash.
These Earth's spheres worksheets include a labeled diagram, a blank diagram to label and a cut and paste twin, a sort, an interactions matching page and a reading passage about the rain shadow. Two pages show where Earth's water is: a hundred grid of salt and fresh water and a bar graph of fresh water.
Every page is black and white, prints on US Letter or A4, and every page with right answers has an answer key on page 2.
Standards
NGSS 5-ESS2-1Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.3Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.NGSS 5-ESS2-2Describe and graph the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.4Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.
How to use them
- Go outside and find one example of each sphere.
- Use the labeled diagram, then the blank or cut and paste version.
- Do the interactions page in pairs: each event shows one sphere changing another.
- Pour 100 drops of water to model the hundred grid: only about 3 are fresh, and most of those are frozen.
Teaching tips
- Ice and clouds are water, so they belong to the hydrosphere.
- About 97% of Earth's water is salt water in the oceans.
- Of Earth's fresh water, about 69% is ice and glaciers and about 30% is groundwater; lakes, rivers, soil and air hold about 1%.
- Amounts are rounded.
Questions teachers and parents ask
What are the four spheres of the Earth?
The geosphere (rock, soil and Earth's inside), the hydrosphere (all of Earth's water), the atmosphere (air) and the biosphere (all living things).
How do Earth's spheres interact?
Each one changes the others. Wind (atmosphere) makes waves (hydrosphere); roots (biosphere) crack rock (geosphere); a volcano (geosphere) puts ash into the air (atmosphere).
How much of Earth's water is fresh water?
Only about 3%. About 97% is salt water in the oceans, and most fresh water is frozen in ice and glaciers.