The solar cycle or solar magnetic activity cycle is the nearly periodic 11-year change in the Sun's activity (including changes in the levels of solar radiation and ejection of solar material) and appearance (changes in the number and size of sunspots, flares, and other manifestations).
Planet earth is generally thought of a composed of the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the lithosphere and the biosphere. The geosphere is often used to mean the same thing as lithosphere - rocks and stones. If this is how you are using the word, then the geosphere consists of the crust, the mantle and the core. Comments.
The Geosphere. Since 'geo' means 'ground,' the geosphere describes all of the rocks, minerals and ground that are found on and in Earth. This includes all of the mountains on the surface, as well as all of the liquid rock in the mantle below us and the minerals and metals of the outer and inner cores.