Earth's Systems
All of the water in the air, oceans, lakes, ice caps, soil, rocks, and organisms on Earth.
Hydrosphere
A living thing.
Organism
A deer breathing
Biosphere--> Atmosphere
Rock heated to a temperature that is sufficient to turn into a thick liquid
Magma
Rainfall causing a mudslide
Hydrosphere --> Geosphere
The layer of gas surrounding planet Earth, held in place by gravity and composed of a limited number of elements-- primarily nitrogen and oxygen.
Atmosphere
A state of matter that includes oxygen and carbon dioxide
Gas
Sea grass living in the ocean
Biosphere --> Hydrosphere
A feature on the surface of Earth, such as a mountain, hill, dune, ocean or river
Landform
Sand dunes being formed by the wind
Atmosphere ---> Geosphere
The portion of Earth's system that includes Earth's interior, rocks and minerals, landforms, and the processes that shape Earth's surface.
Geosphere
An organism that makes its own food for energy.
Plant
An islands climate being humid because it is by the ocean
Hydrosphere --> Atmosphere
A community of living and nonliving things in a natural environment
Ecosystem
A person building stairs out of rocks on a hill
Biosphere --> Geosphere
The sum of living matter, made of a limited number of elements, including oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus.
Biosphere
Actions by one thing have an effect on a different or separate thing
Casual relationship
Th west side of a mountain being greener because the wind blows clouds from the ocean that is on the west side
Atmosphere --> Hydrosphere --> Biosphere
Sand or small pieces of rock broken down by weathering and deposited on land or at the bottom of a body of water
Sediments
A human factory dumping waste into a river
Biosphere --> Hydrosphere