The Earth System

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Across
  1. 1. all life on the planet, from microscopic bacteria to megafauna to redwood trees
  2. 4. all frozen water, glaciers, snow, ice
  3. 5. process of liquid water becoming gas, Hydrosphere to Atmosphere
  4. 6. everything else, our sun, Sol, all other stars and planets, all across the universe
  5. 10. the most abundant gas in the atmosphere
  6. 12. the air shell around the Earth, allows us to breathe and protects us from radiation
  7. 13. process of water vapor turning into liquid, Atmosphere to Hydrosphere
  8. 14. the process of the Hydrosphere wearing down and reshaping the Geosphere
Down
  1. 2. the Earth in her entirety, from the edges of our air shell, to the core of the Earth
  2. 3. all liquid water on Earth: lakes, oceans, rivers, puddles
  3. 7. required for life, but only constitutes 21% of the atmosphere
  4. 8. process of ice/snow turning into liquid water, Cryosphere to Hydrosphere
  5. 9. all of the rocks, dirt, sediment, mountains
  6. 11. process of water solidifying, Hydrosphere to Cryosphere
  7. 15. light from the Exosphere, brings warmth and is crucial for photosynthesis