Unit 6 Vocabulary

The mixture of gases that surround the planet.

• system

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere

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• hydrosphere

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

The place at which land masses meet the ocean.

• coastline

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

All the living things on Earth.

• system

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere

The solid portion of Earth.

• system

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere

A set of connected things forming a complex whole.

• system

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere

The process of which a liquid changes into a gas.

• hydrosphere

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

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

• hydrosphere

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

Water that falls from the air to Earth's surface.

• hydrosphere

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation