Cycles of Matter

1. water storage water that is stored underground in rocks called aquifers
2. hot iron and nickel center of the earth
3. fuel coal, oil and natural gas. Created from sedimentary rock created from organic matter such as plants in ancient swamps.
6. the layers of air surrounding the planet.
7. the hot interior of the earth.
8. plates sections of the earth’s crust.
10. the areas of the planet that are habitable for life.
14. the process in which plants breath in carbon dioxide and take in water, then ‘cook’ it in sunlight to produce sugar and oxygen.
15. all of the water on the planet
17. opening on the underside of leaves through which water transpires
19. the process of dropping off and building up layers of sediment.

1. effect greenhouse gasses absorb heat and trap it in earth’s atmosphere. Greenhouse gasses act as a blanket for the earth.
4. process of squeezing deposited sediment.
5. process of hardening compacted sediment into rock.
9. when fossil fuels are burned in oxygen. It produced carbon dioxide.
11. cells single cells that control the opening and closing of the stomata
12. gas to liquid.
13. in animals, the process of burning sugar in oxygen to release energy. Carbon dioxide is produced, as well.
16. where tectonic plates meet. They are the cracks between the plates.
18. the outer cool layer of the earth.