The sentences in the passage that directly involve the geosphere would be:
- 1. Maury digs a hole in the ground with a shovel and plants a sunflower seed.
- 2. In time, the sunflower draws water and nutrients from the soil and releases water vapor into the air through its leaves.
- 3. The air also brings rainwater to the soil.
How do they show the geosphere ?
These sentences mention activities and processes related to the geosphere, which refers to the solid Earth, including the soil, land, and ground.
Sentence 1 mentions Maury digging a hole in the ground and planting a seed in the soil, which is part of the geosphere. Sentence 3 discusses the movement of rainwater into the soil, which is also a geospheric process.
The full question is:
Which sentences in the passage directly involve the geosphere?
Maury digs a hole in the ground with a shovel and plants a sunflower seed. In time, the sunflower draws water and nutrients from the soil and releases water vapor into the air through its leaves. Energy from the Sun is stored by the sunflower. The air also brings rainwater to the soil. Maury eats seeds from the sunflower and gains energy from them. His body uses the energy from the seeds.