• Biosphere
• Hydrosphere
• Lithosphere
• Atmosphere

The biosphere is Earth’s sphere that contains all living things. Inside Earth’s biosphere, there are many biomes. Biomes are the places that the living things live. This is where the carbon cycle mostly takes place.

The hydrosphere is Earths sphere that contains all of Earth’s water in all forms. From the water in lakes and oceans to the water you drank this morning! Its all apart of earth’s hydrosphere. This is where the water cycle happens.

The lithosphere is Earth’s sphere that contains rock, soil, and sediments. The lithosphere can also be known as the geosphere. Mountains, plains, and valleys are all included in this sphere. This is where the phosphorous cycle takes place.

Finally the atmosphere. The atmosphere is simply all of the gases that surround Earth. It protects from the Sun’s radiation. This is also the sphere in which Earth’s weather occurs. This is where the nitrogen cycle mostly takes place.

In the image below, the carbon cycle is shown in all of the spheres. Factories emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Plants and trees convert carbon dioxide into oxygen, which is part of the biosphere. Decomposers eat plants and animals that contain carbon dioxide and release it back into the air. This step associates the carbon cycle to the lithosphere. “Carbon can leave the soil through respiration which can carry it into rivers or the ocean, where it then enters the hydrosphere.”

Works cited: ~https://www.britannica.com/science/biosphere/The-nitrogen-cycle ~https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/education/info_activities/pdfs/TBI_earth_spheres.pdf ~Bozeman Science. ” Biogeochemical Cycling” Online Video. YouTube. Apr. 5, 2012. Web. Oct. 22, 2014.  ~http://clamitica.org.uk/climate-science-information/carbon-cycle

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You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

Why do this?

• Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
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The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.

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• Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
• What topics do you think you’ll write about?
• Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
• If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.

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