A thin layer of relatively cool rock that forms Earth's outer skin both on dry land and in the ocean

A layer of very hot but mostly solid rock

As the asthenosphere moves, it drags along large plates of lithosphere

Collisions and separations of plates

The movement and accumulation of eroded soil

The conversion of a substance from a liquid to a gas

The release of water vapor by plants though their leaves

Water that returns from the atmosphere to Earth's surface

A change in state from a liquid to a gas

Layers of rock and soil that holds groundwater.

Law of conservation of matter

Matter can be transformed from one type to another but it cannot be created or destroyed

Matter that organisms require for their life processes

Biogeochemical cycles

Nutrients circulate endlessly throughout the environment in complex cycles

Organisms, including plants and algae, that produce their own food

Producers pull carbon dioxide out of their environment and combine it with water in the presence of sunlight

Organisms, mainly animals that must eat other organisms to obtain nutrients

Organisms such as bacteria and fungi that break down wastes and dead organisms

the process by which organisms use oxygen to release the chemical energy of sugars and release carbon dioxide and water

the addition of phosphorus to bodies of water can lead to an overgrowth of producers (usually algae)

The conversation of nitrogen gas into ammonia

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Chapter 3

Earth's Environmental Systems lesson 3-4

Term	Definition
Crust	A thin layer of relatively cool rock that forms Earth's outer skin both on dry land and in the ocean
Mantle	A layer of very hot but mostly solid rock
Core	Beneath the lower mantle
Tectonic plates	As the asthenosphere moves, it drags along large plates of lithosphere
Landforms	Collisions and separations of plates
Deposition	The movement and accumulation of eroded soil
Evaporation	The conversion of a substance from a liquid to a gas
Transpiration	The release of water vapor by plants though their leaves
Precipitation	Water that returns from the atmosphere to Earth's surface
Condensation	A change in state from a liquid to a gas
Aquifers	Layers of rock and soil that holds groundwater.
Groundwater	Fresh water found underground
Law of conservation of matter	Matter can be transformed from one type to another but it cannot be created or destroyed
Nutrients	Matter that organisms require for their life processes
Biogeochemical cycles	Nutrients circulate endlessly throughout the environment in complex cycles
Primary producers	Organisms, including plants and algae, that produce their own food
Photosynthesis	Producers pull carbon dioxide out of their environment and combine it with water in the presence of sunlight
Consumers	Organisms, mainly animals that must eat other organisms to obtain nutrients
Decomposers	Organisms such as bacteria and fungi that break down wastes and dead organisms
Cellular respiration	the process by which organisms use oxygen to release the chemical energy of sugars and release carbon dioxide and water
Eutrophication	the addition of phosphorus to bodies of water can lead to an overgrowth of producers (usually algae)
Nitrogen fixation	The conversation of nitrogen gas into ammonia

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