"the earth system": includes parts that affect one another. is the highest level of system possible. is powered solely by the sun. cannot be affected by anything from space.

Includes parts that affect one another

Explanation:

The earth system is an integrated system that represents the planet Earth. This system is inside the Solar System, which is inside the Milk Way Galaxy system, which is inside the Universe. So, the earth system is not the highest level of the system possible.

This system can be subdivided into four main systems: geosphere (the rock and minerals), atmosphere (the air), hydrosphere (the oceans, sea, rivers, and lagoons), and the biosphere (the life). These parts can affect one another and are integrated. The life consumes the atmosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere, for example.

The most important power of the earth system is the Sun, but it's not the only power, especially because human activity uses other resources like petroleum, water, nuclear power, etc.

The system is affected by the Sun, which is in the space and is the primary energy source, by the Moon that causes the tide, and it can be affected by meteors too.

igneous rocks also form where plates converge. the subducting plate melts as it sinks into the crust of the earth, and the melt rises into the overriding plate forming volcanoes. metamorphic rocks are formed mainly in the lithosphere, wherever there is high pressure and high temperature. -woods