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Continuous circulation of water through the hydrosphere.
Water Cycle
Provides living things with oxygen and carbon dioxide
Atmosphere
Includes all form of life from single- celled protozoans to jellyfish to trees, to people
Biosphere
Is a sequence of events that repeats
Cycle
Energy that comes from the sun
Solar energy
Includes the ocean basin and the rock layers beneath your feet even things you cant see
Geosphere
Contains all the water in the earths system including water in the oceans, lakes and rivers
Hydrosphere
Biochemical cycle involving the element carbon
Carbon Cycle
Drives the movement of earth's crust
Geothermal Energy
The movement of energy into and out the earth system
Energy cycle
The third and the smallest part of energy budget
Tidal Energy
Cycling of water vapor into the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration
Evapotranspiration