Words and phrases corresponding to definitions:

• 1. A thin layer which is the meeting place of land, air and water. - the biosphere
• 2. The envelope of air which surrounds the earth, consisting principally of a mixture of gases. - the atmosphere
• 3. The solid crust of the Earth consisting of rocks and soils. - the lithosphere
• 4. All the water of the earth in liquid and solid form. - the hydrosphere
• 5. The part of the biosphere consisting of living components (flora and fauna). - living components
• 6. The portion of the biosphere consisting of the lithosphere, hydrosphere and the atmosphere. - the biosphere
• 7. The sum total of the conditions of the surrounding within which an organism, or group, or an object exists, including the natural conditions, the natural as modified by human activity and the artificial. - conditions