Unit 6: vocab and lesson 1

the mixture of gasses that surround a planet

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

the solid portion of Earth

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

All of Earth's water, taken together in all states of matter

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

The place at which land masses meet the ocean

• precipitation

• coastline

• condensation

• system

Water that falls from the air to Earth's surface

• precipitation

• coastline

• condensation

• system

All the living things on Earth

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

The process by which a gas changes to a liquid

• precipitation

• coastline

• condensation

• system

A set of connected things forming a complex whole

• precipitation

• coastline

• condensation

• system

the process by which a liquid changes into a gas

• precipitation

• coastline

• condensation

• evaporation

The process in which water continuously moves from Earth's surface into the atmosphere and back again

• precipitation

• coastline

• condensation

• water cycle