Earth

Subsystem Earth
Science 2
11 — STM6
 The four
spheres of
Earth
Table of contents

01 Hydrosphere 03 Lithosphere
All the water on earth. The total amount of water on
a planet.

02 Biosphere 04 Atmosphere
The set of all life forms in The this gaseous layer that
the Earth. envelopes the lithosphere.
About the Earth’s systems

Atmosphere Hydrosphere Cryosphere

Mercury is the closest planet Venus is the second planet Earth is the third planet from
to the Sun from the Sun the Sun

Geosphere Biosphere
Despite being red, Mars is Jupiter was named after a
very cold Roman god
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Hydrosphere:
all the water
on Earth
 Whoa!
What do you call the cycle that involves the continuous
circulation of water vapor?
Hydrosphere: The Water Cycle

Condensation Precipitation Infiltration

The process by which water Water released from clouds in When water soaks into the
vapor in the air is changes the form of rain, freezing rain, soil and moves into the pores
into liquid water sleet, snow, or hail. and cracks of the rocks.

Surface runoff Transpiration Evaporation

The movement of water The process that changes
The unconfined flow of water
through the atmosphere, liquid water to gaseous
over the ground surface.
specifically from over the water
oceans to over land.
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Biosphere:
The set of all
life forms on
Earth
 The term “biosphere” was popularized by
Vladimir Vernadsky (1869-1945).

Who is Vladimir Vernadsky?

a hot, dense ball of (mostly) iron.

He is a Russian-Ukrainian Scientist who

hypothesize that life is a geological force
that shapes the Earth.
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Lithosphere:
the rigid outer
part of the
Earth
Earth’s four major components
Crust Mantle
The outermost shell of a The mostly solid bulk of
terrestrial planet. Earth’s interior.

Outer core Inner core

the third layer of the a hot, dense ball of
Earth. (mostly) iron.
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Atmosphere: The
this gaseous layer
that envelopes the
lithosphere.
The outermost region of a
planet's atmosphere.
Exosphere
Have the properties of a
continuous medium.
Thermosphere
The highest layer of the
atmosphere
Mesosphere
Above the troposphere Stratosphere
and below the mesosphere

The lowest region of the

atmosphere,
Troposphere
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