AP BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

CHEMICAL CYCLES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Humans’ use of rocks and minerals as building materials is an example of which interaction?
A
an interaction within the geosphere
B
an interaction within the hydrosphere
C
an interaction between the biosphere and the geosphere
D
an interaction between the biosphere and the atmosphere
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Plants (biosphere) draw water (hydrosphere) and nutrients from the soil (geosphere) and release water vapor into the atmosphere. Humans (biosphere) use farm machinery (manufactured from geosphere materials) to plow the fields, and the atmosphere brings precipitation (hydrosphere) to water the plants.

Detailed explanation-2: -Below are a few examples: •Humans (biosphere) built a dam out of rock materials (lithosphere). Water in the lake (hydrosphere) seeps into the cliff walls behind the dam, becoming groundwater (lithosphere), or evaporating into the air (atmosphere).

Detailed explanation-3: -3. Atmosphere and Geosphere. The atmosphere provides the required heat and energy for the breakdown and erosion of rock in the geosphere. The geosphere, in turn, reflects the sun’s energy to the atmosphere.

Detailed explanation-4: -The geosphere includes all the rocks that make up Earth, from the partially melted rock under the crust, to ancient, towering mountains, to grains of sand on a beach.

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