Earth's Systems

2. A process in which mapmakers determine distances and elevations using instruments and the principles of geometry.
5. A hole sunk into the ground to reach a supply of water.
6. The portion of the hydrosphere that is frozen, including all the ice and snow on land, plus sea and lake ice.
9. The parts of Earth that contain living organisms.
10. The densest parts of Earth, including the crust, mantle, and core.
12. The change in state from a gas to a liquid.
13. Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth’s surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
15. The process by which water is lost through a plant’s leaves.

1. The ability to do work or cause change.
3. The land area that supplies water to a river system.
4. An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water.
5. Cycle The continual movement of water among Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surface through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
7. The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gas.
8. The shape of the land determined by elevation, relief, and landforms.
11. The portion of Earth that consists of water in any of its forms, including oceans, glaciers, rivers, lakes, groundwater and water vapor.
14. The relatively thin layer of gases that forms Earth’s outermost layer.