Vocabulary- Earth's System

The mixture of gases that surround a planet.

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• evaporation

• condensation

• water cycle

All the living thing on Earth.

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

• system

The place at which land masses meet the ocean.

• coastline

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

• precipitation

• geosphere

The process by which a gas changes into a liquid.

• condensation

• evaporation

• water cycle

• precipitation

• coastline

The process by which a liquid changes into a gas.

• evaporation

• condensation

• water cycle

• precipitation

• hydrosphere

The solid portion of Earth.

• geosphere

• biosphere

• system

• condensation

• atmosphere

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

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• system

• biosphere

• atmosphere

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

• precipitation

• water cycle

• evaporation

• condensation

• hydrosphere

A set of connected things forming a complex whole.

• system

• biosphere

• coastline

• geosphere

• coastline

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

• water cycle

• precipitation

• coastline

• system

• atmosphere