Earth as a Whole

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Earth as a Whole
The planets physical features and living
organisms are interconnected.
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Earth is a System!

• System-made up of different kinds of parts that
  work together to form an interconnected whole.
• Systems have two important features
• each part of a system can itself be described as
  a system
• a system can be very different from its parts.

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Earths Three Systems

• Matter Cycles
• Energy Flows
• Life Webs

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Matter Cycles

• Rock cycle
• Water cycle
• Carbon cycle
• Nitrogen cycle

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Rock Cycle
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Water Cycle
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Vocabulary

• evaporation- going from liquid to vapor state
  (gas).
• condensation- going from vapor to liquid state.
• precipitation- rain, snow, sleet, hail, etc.
• transpiration- evaporation of water from plants
• ground water-water stored underground.