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.

Beneath the lower layer of the mantle.

Features such as mountains (above and beneath the ocean's surface) islands and continents.

The conversion of a substance from a liquid to a gas.

the release of water vapor by plants through their leaves.

Water returns from the atmosphere to earths surface.

A change in state from a gas to a liquid.

Layers of rock and soil that hold groundwater.

Fresh water found underground .

Law of conservation matter

Matter that may be transformed from one type to another but it can not be created or destroyed.

matter that organisms require from their life process.

Bio Geo Chemical cycles

Nutrient cycles. Carbon,oxygen,phosphorus, and nitrogen are nutrients that cycle through all of Earth's spheres and organisms.

Organisms including plants and algae that produce their own food.

A chemical process that occurs in plants, algae, and some types of bacteria, when they are exposed to sunlight

Organisms mainly animals that must eat other organisms.

organisms such as bacteria and fungi that breaks down waste and dead organisms

The process by which organisms use oxygen to release the chemical energy

the gradual increase in the concentration of phosphorus, nitrogen, and other plant nutrients in an aging aquatic ecosystem such as a lake.

The conversion of nitrogen gas into ammonia

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Ch 3 vocab 3-4

Question	Answer
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 layer of the mantle.
Tectonic plates	Large plates of lithosphere.
Land forms	Features such as mountains (above and beneath the ocean's surface) islands and continents.
Deposition	The depositing of eroded soil
Evaporation	The conversion of a substance from a liquid to a gas.
Transpiration	the release of water vapor by plants through their leaves.
Precipitation	Water returns from the atmosphere to earths surface.
Condensation	A change in state from a gas to a liquid.
Aquifers	Layers of rock and soil that hold groundwater.
Groundwater	Fresh water found underground .
Law of conservation matter	Matter that may be transformed from one type to another but it can not be created or destroyed.
Nutrients	matter that organisms require from their life process.
Bio Geo Chemical cycles	Nutrient cycles. Carbon,oxygen,phosphorus, and nitrogen are nutrients that cycle through all of Earth's spheres and organisms.
Primary Producers	Organisms including plants and algae that produce their own food.
Photosynthesis	A chemical process that occurs in plants, algae, and some types of bacteria, when they are exposed to sunlight
Consumers	Organisms mainly animals that must eat other organisms.
decomposers	organisms such as bacteria and fungi that breaks down waste and dead organisms
Cellular respiration	The process by which organisms use oxygen to release the chemical energy
Eutrophication	the gradual increase in the concentration of phosphorus, nitrogen, and other plant nutrients in an aging aquatic ecosystem such as a lake.
Nitrogen Fixation	The conversion of nitrogen gas into ammonia

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