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2 Biogeochemical cycles are the movement (or cycling) of ___ through a system
5 98% of the water on earth is found in the ____
8 The ___ layer is found in the stratosphere
11 Outer, solid part of the earth (land)
12 The high surface tension of water makes rain drops tiny bullets, that given enough time will erode ____
13 The movement of the earth’s plates is called _____ (2)
17 The current rates of use for lithospheric resource consumption is greater than the natural processes of replenishment - they are termed ___ resources
18 Continental drift causes landforms such as ____
21 The lithosphere includes the ___ of the earth (solid rock and soil) and the upper mantle
22 Tectonic plate movement can cause ____
23 Water layer on the earth’s surface LITHOSPHERE – outer, solid part of the earth (land) ATMOSPHERE – thin gaseous layer surrounding the earth BIOSPHERE – all living things on earth
24 More substances dissolve in water than any other ___
25 The process where plants take carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and convert it into an organic compound
26 All known ___ processes that allow life as we know it to exist occur in aqueous (with water) environments
27 The atmosphere is made up of Oxygen, carbon dioxide and _____
31 Most air travel occurs in this layer of the atmosphere
1 Statistically, at least one molecule of water in every glass you drink has once passed through a ___
3 This layer of the atmosphere contains most of our weather events
4 Water is able to absorb large amounts of heat and therefore helps with ____ regulation
6 Only 2% of the earth's water is ___
7 Water provides ____ for many organisms
9 Tectonic plate movement can cause ____ (2)
10 The freezing and thawing action of water is largely responsible for the fracturing of rock and the formation of ___
12 Continental drift causes landforms such as ____(2)
14 The upper mantle consists mainly of magma which is high in ___ and nickel
15 Movement of the tectonic plates is driven by convection currents from the ___ in the earth’s mantle
16 All living things on earth
19 Continental drift causes landforms such as ____
20 Water has a high capacity to absorb ___
28 The lithosphere is able to move about, which over time causes the ___ to change positions
29 With the exception of ___, water has the highest surface tension of any other liquid
30 ____ burn up in the mesosphere
32 Thin gaseous layer surrounding the earth
33 The lithosphere is broken into continental ____
 
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