Chapter 3

3. The process in which weather breaks down rocks and minerals.
6. Includes glaciers, rivers, and the world ocean
13. The innermost part of the planet, primarily composed of solid iron
14. The layer that is the hottest out of all others.
15. The process when gas turns into liquid
16. The outermost solid layer of the planet, essentially the "skin" of the Earth, made up of rock and forming the surface we live on
17. The process in which large bodies of land goes up to a higher elevation.
21. The thick, solid layer of rock that lies between the Earth's crust and outer core
22. The process by which liquid turns into gas.
23. What two gases make up the atmosphere
25. The solid part of Earth
26. The process in which a rock goes through different forms.
27. The type of rock that forms when heat and pressure affect a rock.
28. Weather takes place in this layer

1. The process by which water vapor leaves plants
2. The general weather pattern in a place for a long period of time.
4. The state of the air and atmosphere at a particular time and place
5. The process in which broken-down rocks get moved or transported by nature
7. This layer contains the ozone layer
8. The laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice
9. The uppermost region of Earth's atmosphere as it gradually fades into the vacuum of space.
10. Is the continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere
11. The type of rock that forms when sediments are put together by water or other substances.
12. The type of rock that is formed when magma melts and cools down.
18. The thin layer of gases surrounding Earth
19. Earth system that contains all living things
20. Is Molten rock that is underground.
24. The process in which any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the earth surface.