Earth's Systems Vocabulary

the planet we live on

• Mars

• Mississippi

• Earth

• Jupiter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

 a group of interacting or interdependent parts forming a complex whole, as in all the factors or variables in an environment or all the planetary bodies revolving around a star

• system

• planets

• star

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

portion of the Earth system that includes Earths interior, rocks and minerals, landforms and the processes that shape Earths surface.

• biosphere

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

all the water in the air, oceans, rivers, lakes, icecaps, soil, rocks, and organisms of Earth

• geosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• hydrosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

 the layer of gas surrounding planet Earth, held in place by gravity and composed of a limited number of elements, primarily nitrogen and oxygen

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

the sum of all living matter, made of a limited number of elements including oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• geosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

an area of land where the surface water and groundwater drain into a particular body of

• watershed

• basin

• delta

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

an area that is drained by a river

• watershed

• basin

• delta

a triangular landform where a river empties into another body of water

• watershed

• basin

• delta