1. The spheres The cool thing about matter is that it never goes anywhere
it’s always here
so we have to recycle it over and over

2. ATMOSPHERE From the outside in Air is a gas Gas is made of matter
Matter has mass
Gravitiy hold all the air down onto the earth
We call this sphere
ATMOSPHERE

3. Hydrosphere Water Matters Water is in the atmosphere as a gas
On the earth it can be a liquid in our oceans lakes and rivers
Water is a solid in our glaciers, snow and ice
It also is inside the crust as ground water
These forms of water are linked by the water cycle
We call this sphere the
Hydrosphere

4. The Third Rock from the Sun
The earth is a rocky planet
It’s crust is made of solid rocks and minerals
The crust floats on the mantle because it is less dense
It’s Mantle is liquid rocks and minerals
The rocks and minerals melt and solidify
in the Rock Cycle
This sphere is called
The Lithosphere

5. Biosphere The earth is full of living things
Goolies and ghosties and long legged beasties and things that go bump in the night
The earth is full of living things
They fill the air, the earth’s surface, under ground and underwater
Amazing creatures of all sorts
There are plants fungus bacteria archaea insects spiders animals
Life lives in every sphere
The sphere of life is called the
Biosphere

6. The Layers of the earth crust Inner core Upper mantle Outer core
Lower mantle