Earth's Systems: Vocabulary

The ___________________ includes all living things and any place you can find life on or around Earth.

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

The __________________________ is a long, slow journey of rocks down from Earth’s surface and then back up again.

• fossils

• tectonic plates

• atmosphere

• rock cycle

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The ________________________ includes all the water in, on, and around the planet Earth.

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

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________________ is the removal and movement of sediment from one place to another by water, wind, ice, or gravity.

• erosion

• geosphere

• weathering

• natural hazard

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The ___________________ includes all the rock, soil, and sediments that make up Earth’s land.

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

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The outermost layer of the Earth is called the crust, and it is broken into large pieces called _____________________________.

• plate tectonics

• erosion

• fossils

• rock cycle

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______________ are the remains or traces of plants and animals that lived long ago.

• tectonic plates

• weathering

• biosphere

• fossils

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A naturally occurring physical phenomena caused either by rapid or slow onset events is called a _____________________

• geosphere

• natural hazard

• hydrosphere

• rock cycle

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_______________ is the process of breaking down rocks into very small particles by water, wind, ice, and gravity.

• erosion

• weathering

• fossil

• natural hazard

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The _____________________ is the layer of gas that surrounds Earth.

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

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