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| The cycling of a chemical elements required by life between the living and non living parts of the enviroment |
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| The biogeochemical cycle that describes the continous process by which water move from the earths surface to the atmosphere and back again |
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| the biogeochemical cycle that desribes the movement of carbon and oxygen between the atmosphere oceans plants and animals |
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| the biogeochemical cycle that dicribes the dynamic movement of the three main rock types through geologic time |
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| The biogeochemical cycle that describes the transformations of nirto gen and nitrogen-containing componds in nature. |
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| The process bye which gas changes to a liquid |
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| The evaporation of water into the atmosphere from leaves and steams of plants |
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| The process by which molecules of a liquid absorb energy and change to a gas |
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| Includes all the earths water found in streams, lakes, the siol, ground water, and in the air |
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| The "solid" part of earth - it has two parts, the crust and the upper mantle |
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| A layer of gases surrounding our Earth that is retained bye Earths gravity |
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| A resource that is replenished by natural processesat a rate comparable of faster that it's rate of consumption bye humans or other users |
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| A natural rfesource that cannot be produced,regrown or regenerated, they often exist in a fixed amount, or are consumed faster than they are recreated by nature |
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| Water located beneath the ground surface |
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| The flow of water, from rain, snowmelt, or other sources,over land |
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| The area of land where all of the water that is under it drains off of it goes into the same place |
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| The increase in the adverage measured temperature of the Earths surface air and oceans |
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| Pollution that can be attributed to a simple source (such as a factory exhaust pipe) |
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