EarthSystemsICS18ART

Assignment
Students will differentiate and show interactions among the geosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere


 * 1) Create a wiki page called EarthSystems codename.
 * 2) Copy the assignment and paste it on the page.
 * 3) Open Tux Paint on your computer. Draw 5 pictures demonstrating your understanding of the terms geosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. Save each of the pictures as you complete them.
 * 4) Open a new Open Office presentation document. Select the style that you want to use.
 * 5) Name the new document 6 lastname initial Earth Systems.
 * 6) Create a title slide called Earth Systems. Use your code name not your real name on the title slide.
 * 7) Insert 5 additional slides. On each of the slides insert one of your pictures that you created using Tux Paint. Add a title at the top of each slide and the definition of the term.
 * 8) Be sure to save frequently.
 * 9) Export the final document as a Macromedia Flash document.
 * 10) Go back to your wiki page. Click on edit. Then Click on the green File icon. Upload your Macromedia Flash version of your Earth System slide show.
 * 11) Save the page.

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Five spheres there are. The five include: the hydrosphere, geosphere, cryosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere. They all need each other to work. The hydrosphere is all the water in the world. The geosphere is all the rocks and minerals on Earth. The cryosphere is all the ice on earth. Many animals rely on the cryopshere. Polar bears and penguins rely on the cryosphere for a home. The penguins and polar bears are part of the biosphere. The biosphere includes all plants and animals (anything living). The atmosphere is all the gases in and around Earth. Weather takes place in the atmosphere. Snow is included in the cryosphere, snow is weather, weather is included in the atmosphere. Snow is frozen water. So The hydrosphere goes into the cryosphere, which goes into the atmosphere, which makes snow, snow affects the biosphere. When it snows people have to wear warmer clothes, animals may have to find better shelter, this is where the geosphere comes in, plants may die, and animals might need to go into landforms for new shelter, like caves for example. This is how all the spheres interact. The End.