Earth Systems Worksheet

The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
The mixture of gases that surrounds Earth the outermost of the four spheres into which scientists divide Earth.
All living things; one of the four spheres into which scientists divide Earth.
The transfer of heat by movements of a fluid.
Earth's dense center' made up of the solid inner core and the molten outer core; also the central.
The layer of the rock that forms Earth's outer surface.
A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and crust; one of the four spheres into which scientists divide Earth.
Earth's water and ice; one of the four spheres into which scientists divide Earth.
A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and crust; one of the four spheres in which scientists divide Earth.
The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core.
The substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed.
A natural resource that is not replaced as it is used. Non-Renewable
The process by which plants use water plus carbon dioxide and energy from the sun to make food.
A resource that is naturally replaced in a relatively short time. Renewable
A natural or artificial lake that stores water for human use.
The combined processes, including photosynthesis, decomposition, and respiration by which carbon as a component of various compounds cycles between its major reservoirs the atmosphere, oceans, and living organisms. Carbon
A method of research in which a problem is identified, relevant data are gathered, a hypothesis is formulated from these data, and the hypothesis is empirically tested. Scientific
A region that is isolated from its surroundings by a boundary that admits no transfer of matter or energy across it. Closed
Open system a material system in which mass or energy can be lost or gained from the environment. Open