Chapter 1 Vocab

2. A kind of model.
4. This layer contains all the water at or near the Earth's surface.
11. The cycling of water vapor into the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration.
12. system science The study of Earth materials and processes subdivided into a group of four interconnected spheres of activity: atmosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere.

1. The rocks, mountains, lithospheric plates, and other physical features of Earth, except for water; one of the four spheres of the Earth system.
3. The gaseous envelope surrounding the Earth.
5. A representation of an object, a process, or a phenomenon.
6. system A system in which energy can enter or leave, but matter cannot.
7. cycle A biogeochemical cycle involving the element carbon (C).
8. cycle The movement of energy into and out of the Earth system.
9. system The system and its surroundings freely exchange both energy and matter.
10. All the living things on the planet.