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| The layer of gasses that surround the earth and contains clouds |
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| The water part of the earth's surface. |
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| The rigid outer shell of the earth |
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| the top layer of the earth, above the mantle |
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| the middle layer of the earth- beneath the crust |
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| the center part of the earth made of iron and nickel |
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| a theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move |
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| a large section of the earth's surface made of the crust and the rigid top part of the mantle |
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| the process that breaks down and changes rocks |
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| the moving of weathered rock and soil |
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| the dropping of materials moved by erosion |
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