The concept map shows: - The geosphere influences the hydrosphere through volcanoes melting glaciers and raising sea levels - The hydrosphere influences the atmosphere through evaporation forming clouds and precipitation - The atmosphere influences the biosphere through temperature and weather affecting plant and animal habitats - The biosphere influences the geosphere through organisms breaking down rocks and soil formation

1.  At the end of a 60 – minute period,
the Grade Eleven students will be
able to explain that the Earth
consists of four subsystems across
boundaries whose matter and
energy flow.

2.  The Earth is a system consist of
four major interacting components
called subsystem:

3. Based on the
picture, what
do you think
are the
materials
belong to:
Geosphere,
Hydrosphere,
Biosphere and
Atmosphere?

4.  includes the interior structure, rocks, minerals,
landforms, and all physical processes on land
that shape Earth’s surface.

5. In geosphere, how does
the faults, volcanoes and
mountains formed?

6. Where plates move alongside in each other, rubbing
past horizontally it now refers to Transform Boundary.
Ex. San Andreas Fault which runs through California
As rocks either side of this faults rub past in each
other it triggers devastating earthquakes

7.  Here, a plume of
magma rises up,
stretching and
weakening the plate
above. Faults,
volcanoes appear and
rift valleys forms.
 As the valley widens
the lands sinks and
the sea floods in. This
divergent boundary is
now ridge under the
ocean but the plates
continue to move
apart

8. Magma rises into the gaps between plates, where it cools into a
new rocks. This new seafloor eventually spreads out away from
the ridge.

9.  Two plates crush in each other is called convergent
boundary
As the plates grind past in each other, they set off powerful earthquakes

10. If one plate is made of denser oceanic crust, its force
underneath the other one and swallowed into the mantle below
this is called subduction.
. The descending plates causes the magma to form and erupt
into the surface and a chain of volcanoes emerges.

11. When two plates are forced together and both are less dense
continental crust. As they collide into each other, one cannot
be forced under the other and they crumple. The crust is
crushed, folded and pushed up to form mountains.

12. All the waters found on Earth are natural but not
everything are considered safe for drinking.
2 Groups of Waters on Earth:
 Surface water
 Ground water

13. -may be either:
Marine water - has higher salt content and is found
in larger bodies of water such as oceans, seas, bays,
and gulf.
Freshwater - 2% of the world’s water; are those in
lakes, rivers, springs, and falls because of the lower
salt content, is the best source of drinking water for
all organisms.

14.  .
Marine Water

15. 

17. State some specific phenomena in
which geosphere and hydrosphere
interact with each other.
Volcanoes (events in the geosphere) may release a
substantial amount of hot lava (geosphere), which causes
mountain glaciers (hydrosphere) to melt. “It may result of
diluting the oceans, decreasing its density and raising sea
levels as a consequence,” says Shepherd.

18. - where sea bottom is exposed during low
tide and is covered during high tide.

20.  Epipelagic zone or sunlight zone(0 – 200 m ) -
the zone that gets a lot sunlight resulting to an
abundance of aquatic plants.
Ex: seals, sea turtle, sea lions, rays and sharks
 Mesopelagic zone or twilight zone ( 200 –
1000 m) by dim light due to the limited amount
of sunlight it receives.
Ex: fish, octopus and squid

21.  Bathypelagic Zone or midnight zone (1000 –
4000m) does not receive any sunlight. Animals
that live here lack eyes.
Ex. Viperfish, anglerfish, stripe eel, and tripod
fish.
 Abyssopelagic or abyss (4000 – 6000m) is
described as deep sea.
 Hadalpelagic Zone or trenches (6000 – bottom) is
the deepest part of the ocean.

23.  Bio means life.
 The biosphere contains all the planet's living things.
 This sphere includes all of the microorganisms,
plants, and animals of Earth.
 Within the biosphere, living things form ecological
communities based on the physical surroundings of
an area. These communities are referred to
as biomes.

24.  1. Forest – includes tropical, temperature and boreal
forests as well as taiga.

25.  2. Desert is characterized by low rainfall.

26. 3. Tundra is the coldest of all biomes. It has low biotic
diversity and simple vegetation structure.

27.  4. Numerous species of plants and animals
live in aquatic region.

28. State some human activities
that slowly destroyed any of
the enumerated major biomes.
What are the consequences of
human activities to the other
subsystem of the earth namely;
geosphere, hydrosphere, and
biosphere?

29. Flow of matter in the Biosphere:
1.Water Cycle: ()
Explain how the matter flows within the biosphere.
2.Nitrogen Cycle: Nitrogen Cycle _ It's AumSum Time.mp4
Describe is the role of the bacteria in this cycle.
3.Oxygen Cycle: The Oxygen Cycle.mp4
4. Carbon Cycle: The Carbon Cycle_Carbon Dioxide -Cycle (
CO2 ).mp4
How do humans affect the CO2 and O2 cycles?

31.  Biosphere is where certain organisms function to
consume a different set of organisms to allow energy
to transfer from one group of organisms to another
and to allow certain materials to recycle.
 Energy is transferred from one organism to another
in a food chain or food web.

33.  contains all the air in Earth's system.
 It extends from less than 1 m below the planet's
surface to more than 10,000 km above the planet's
surface.
 The upper portion of the atmosphere protects the
organisms of the biosphere from the sun's ultraviolet
radiation.

37.  Troposphere
 It absorbs and emits heat.
 When air temperature in the lower
portion of this sphere changes, weather
occurs.
 As air in the lower atmosphere is heated
or cooled, it moves around the planet.
The result can be as simple as a breeze
or as complex as a tornado.

39.  Stratosphere
- the air in this layer has strong, steady
horizontal winds which is advantageous to long
distance flights.
- almost completely free of clouds and
other forms of weather.
Ozone layer- upper region of stratosphere which
contains a high concentration of ozone.

40. What have you
observe in the
variation of
temperatures from
1st lower layer of
the atmosphere up
to temperature in
the stratosphere?
What is the role of
the ozone layer in
the atmosphere?

41. This layers protects Earth
from meteoroids.
Meteoroids burn up due
to the intense friction that
builds up between the air
and the meteroid.
The streak of light is
caused the hot , glowing
gas from meteroids.
Temperature stops
decreasing at the
mesopause.

43.  Nitrogen (N2) and Oxygen (O2) absorb a great deal of
ultraviolet radiation and turns it into heat.

44.  The portion between 80 and 550 kilometers
above the Earth.
 It is a layer consisting of highly ionized gas.
 The ionized gas is formed when ultraviolet
rays knock off off electron nitrogen and
oxygen.

47.  https://pmm.nasa.gov/education/sites/default/files/lesson_plan_files/Connect
%20the%20Spheres/Connect%20the%20Spheres%20SCS.pdf
 http://www.cotf.edu/ete/ess/essspheres.html
 file:///E:/SACREDHEart/Teacher_PSA_sphere_interactions.pdf
 http://www.cotf.edu/ete/ess/essspheres.html
 https://sites.google.com/site/earthandlifesciencever02/lessons
 https://www.csun.edu/science/books/sourcebook/chapters/8-
organizing/files/earth-systems-interactions.html
 http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewResourceLesson/Preview/128958
 http://teachtogether.chedk12.com/teaching_guides/view/353
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interactions
 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/25/science/melting-icebergs-alter-the-
oceans.html

48.  Connect to Earth Create a concept map
which explains how the geosphere,
hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere
are interconnected. Use arrows and
simple illustrations