Across
- 2. A group of parts that work together as a whole
- 3. Bacteria changes nitrogen from a gas to a solid
- 5. children in the air is removed by the nitrogen fixing
- 8. Brittle,rocky layer on the outer layer of the earth
- 9. A series of process moves the phosphorus among earth systems
- 18. the thickest layer of the Earth
- 19. When animals die the phosphorus returns to the environment by
- 21. Continuous movements of water on,above, below on earth's surface.
- 22. Heat flowing out of Earth as it cools is one form of ----- that drives the Earth system.
- 24. Forces that wear down or destroy landmasses
- 25. Some organisms excrete phosphorus in there
- 26. The rigid, outermost shell of a rocky planet can be identified on the basis of its mechanical properties.
- 28. Organisms on earth use nitrogen to build
- 29. A system returns data to itself about changes that occur through a process called
- 30. What matter is exchanged with outer space and how much
Down
- 1. Anything that has mass and takes up space
- 4. mostly composed of liquid iron and nickel.
- 6. Which sphere of the earth system includes trees grasses and squirrels
- 7. What absorbs phosphorus when they eat plants
- 10. Below the atmosphere it contains all earth's water; Oceans, glaciers, lakes, ice sheets, ponds and rivers.
- 11. What is Erse principal source of external energy
- 12. A series of processes that moves the carbon among the earth system.
- 13. A naturally occurring inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
- 14. Largest Earth system, includes a thin layer of of soil and rocks on earth's surface it mainly solid, in the system it moves more slowly than gasses in the atmosphere
- 15. Thin layer of gasses, that is surrounding the earth
- 16. core it's the dense, metallic in the center of the earth
- 17. What allows this absorb this phosphorus in there roots
- 20. Blank that is moved from one area to another and builds in excess; sediment is carried by water, wind, and ice.
- 23. In the atmosphere, it absorbs and re-radiates the thermal energy from the sun.
- 27. Interaction among earth's system, it is a series of processes that changes rocks and forms to another.
