Here are the words that correspond with each meaning:
- non-living things - m. abiotic
- scientist who studies volcanoes - h. volcanologist
- half of the Earth - a. hemisphere
- earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere - g. mesosphere
- deterioration of a structure or system - e. decompensation
- during the day - l. diurnal
- one who eats nectar - b. nectivore
- equal amounts of day and night - c. equinox
- something collapsing inward - f. implosion
- of or relating to the Earth - i. terrestrial
- one who eats all things - plants and animals - d. omnivore
- made through a chemical process - j. synthetic
- study of earthquakes - k. seismology