THE LITHOSPHERE

• The part of the earth that is made up of rocks and minerals, consists of the uppermost layers of the earth

• Came into being billions of years ago and still continues to change and evolve

• Changes to the worlds land masses, tectonic plates
• Volcanoes, earthquakes

THE HYDROSPHERE

• The part of the earth made up of water in all its forms

• Continuously flowing through the lithosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere in a system called the hydrologic cycle

• Ocean waves, frozen water in the Arctic

THE ATMOSPHERE

• The part of the earth that is made up of gases or vapours
• The atmosphere is fluid; is made up of various gases, it has mass; and it consists of layers
• Tornadoes, the Northern Lights or aurora borealis

THE BIOSPHERE

• The part of the earth that is made up of living organisms, such as plants, animals and bacteria

• Humans are the only creatures in the history of the world that have dominated the planet

• Dynamic and constantly changing
• Leaf and butterfly, humans