An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing, permeable rock, gravel, sand, or silt that can store and yield usable amounts of groundwater. [1, 2]

An atmosphere is the layer of gases surrounding the Earth or another celestial body, held in place by gravity

The biosphere is the global ecological system where all living things on Earth exist and interact with the land, water, and air.

Erosion is the natural process where wind, water, ice, or gravity wears away rock, soil, and sediment and moves them to a new location

Evaporation is the process where a liquid changes into a gas or vapor at temperatures below its boiling point

A fault is a mistake, responsibility for a bad event, a physical defect, or a fracture in the Earth's crust

A glacier is a large, slow-moving mass of dense ice that forms on land from compacted snow and flows downhill under its own weight

Groundwater is the water found beneath the Earth's surface filling the spaces in soil, sand, and rock.

The hydrosphere is the total amount of water found on, under, and above the surface of a planet.

The lithosphere is the solid, rigid outer shell of a rocky planet or moon, including Earth's crust and the brittle uppermost part of the mantle.

Plate tectonics is the scientific theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into large, solid pieces of rock that move slowly over a hotter, softer layer underneath

Precipitation is any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the Earth's surface

The water cycle—also called the hydrologic cycle—is the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth

Weathering is the process where natural forces break down or dissolve rocks, minerals, and artificial materials at or near the Earth's surface

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Question	Answer
An aquifer	An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing, permeable rock, gravel, sand, or silt that can store and yield usable amounts of groundwater. [1, 2]
atmosphere	An atmosphere is the layer of gases surrounding the Earth or another celestial body, held in place by gravity
The biosphere	The biosphere is the global ecological system where all living things on Earth exist and interact with the land, water, and air.
Erosion	Erosion is the natural process where wind, water, ice, or gravity wears away rock, soil, and sediment and moves them to a new location
Evaporation	Evaporation is the process where a liquid changes into a gas or vapor at temperatures below its boiling point
A fault	A fault is a mistake, responsibility for a bad event, a physical defect, or a fracture in the Earth's crust
A glacier	A glacier is a large, slow-moving mass of dense ice that forms on land from compacted snow and flows downhill under its own weight
Groundwater	Groundwater is the water found beneath the Earth's surface filling the spaces in soil, sand, and rock.
The hydrosphere	The hydrosphere is the total amount of water found on, under, and above the surface of a planet.
The lithosphere	The lithosphere is the solid, rigid outer shell of a rocky planet or moon, including Earth's crust and the brittle uppermost part of the mantle.
Plate tectonics	Plate tectonics is the scientific theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into large, solid pieces of rock that move slowly over a hotter, softer layer underneath
precipitation	Precipitation is any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the Earth's surface
The water cycle	The water cycle—also called the hydrologic cycle—is the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth
Weathering	Weathering is the process where natural forces break down or dissolve rocks, minerals, and artificial materials at or near the Earth's surface

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