geosphere | Atmosphere | hydrosphere | biosphere | heat and energy |
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What is crust?
the thin and solid outer most layer of earth above the mantle
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What is the sun?
Most of the earth's energy comes from this
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What is convection current?
this movement of matter caused by differences in density
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What is biosphere?
Made up of living organisms
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what is temperature?
a measure of how hot or cold something is
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What is mantle
the layer of rock between earths crust and core
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What is atmosphere?
A mixture of invisble gases in the air
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What is the global ocean?
it holds more than 97% of all the water on earth
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What is hydrosphere?
The biosphere includes earth's surface, the lower part of the atmosphere and most of this
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what is solid, liquid and gas?
the 3 states of matter
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What is core?
the central part of earth below the mantle
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What is convection?
Hot air rises, cold air sinks
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What is the hydrosphere?
this sphere is made up of water
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What is organisms?
The energy is passed to these who its plants
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what is conduction?
the transfer of energy as heat through a material
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What is outer core?
made of liquid,iron,and nickle
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What are the layers of the atmosphere?
The layers are troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermal sphere
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What is ground water?
it is stored in natural underground aquafers
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What is fungi?
Dead organisms are consumed by decomposers, such as bacteria
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what is radiation?
the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves
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What is mesosphere?
the lower,solid layer of the mantle
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What lies within 8 to 12 km of earth's surface?
Most of the atmospheric gases
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What is salt
it affects the density of ocean water
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What is carbon dioxide
These materials, such as this, are used by plants to make food during photosynthesis
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what is thermal energy?
the kinetic energy of a substance's atoms
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