Chapter 2 Earth as a System Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. A type of rock that carbon is stored as in the Geosphere from the buried remains of plants and animals.
  2. 7. The largest population that an environment can support at any given time.
  3. 8. The central part of the Earth below the mantle.
  4. 9. The layer of rock between Earth's crust and core.
  5. 11. A diagram that shows the feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem.
  6. 12. A community of organisms and their abiotic environment.
  7. 13. The solid, plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere.
  8. 15. The strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core.
  9. 16. The portion of the Earth that is water.
  10. 17. The mostly solid, rocky part of the Earth that extends from the crust to the core.
Down
  1. 1. The chemical process in which plants capture solar energy.
  2. 3. A mixture of gases that surrounds a planet or moon.
  3. 4. The part of Earth where life exists; Includes all of the living organisms on Earth.
  4. 5. The solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle.
  5. 6. The region of space that extends beyond the atmosphere that the Earth's magnetic field makes up.
  6. 10. The thin and solid outermost layer of rock between Earth's crust and core.
  7. 14. A set of particles or interacting components considered to be a distinct physical entity for the purpose of study.