Earths Spheres Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. The study of Earth's Spheres and how they interact is called _____.
  2. 3. The solid part of Earth, including rocks, soil, sediments, and the interior from the surface to the core.
  3. 6. The frozen water part of the Earth system, including sea ice, ice sheets, and permafrost.
  4. 8. All living organisms on Earth, including plants, animals, and bacteria.
  5. 10. This cycle shows how the hydrosphere interacts with the atmosphere and the geosphere.
  6. 13. Primary Component of the Hydrosphere
  7. 16. How the atmosphere and hydrosphere shape the geosphere over time.
  8. 17. Primary Component of the Biosphere
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  1. 2. The layer of gases surrounding the Earth.
  2. 4. All liquid and solid water on Earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and glaciers.
  3. 5. The solid, rigid, outermost shell of the Earth, encompassing the crust and the brittle upper mantle.
  4. 7. This cycle shows how the biosphere interacts with the atmosphere.
  5. 9. Water is present around the globe, the vast majority of the water on Earth, a whopping 96.5 percent is this.
  6. 11. Primary Component of the Atmosphere
  7. 12. Primary Component of the Geosphere
  8. 14. Another gas inside the atmosphere.
  9. 15. One of the gases that make up Earths Atmosphere.