The Geosphere and Atmosphere

4. The solid part of the earth that consists of all rocks
6. cycle the continues movement of water into the air, onto land, and then back to water
10. larger droplets fall from clouds as rain
11. plates that glide over the mantle
13. a molecule made up of three oxygen atoms
16. transfer of heat through air currents
18. effect in which gases trap heat
20. earths thin outer layer
21. the layer above troposphere
22. transfer of energy across space and in the atmosphere

1. mixture of gases that surround the earth
2. the flow of heat to a warmer object to a colder object
3. the layer beneath the crust
5. process by which the sun heats water and the water rises to the atmosphere like a water vapor
7. concentration of all the dissolved salts it contains.
8. the uppermost part of the mantle
9. the layer below the lithosphere
12. water vapor forms water droplets on dust particles
14. narrow layer around earths surface in which life can exist
15. water 3 percent of all water is what
16. earths innermost layer
17. the nearest atmospheric layer to the earths surface
19. the removal and transport of surface material