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4 major spheres
Objectives 4 major spheres
Question | Answer |
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Litho/Geosphere | Includes rocks, sediments, and soils. The solid portions of the earth. Surface land forms and processes that shape the surface |
Hydrosphere | Water, in solid and liquid state. Not water in gas state=atmosphere |
Biosphere | Living systems; Biomes, ecosystems life on land, in water, and bacteria |
Atmosphere | Meterological features weather clouds or aerosols (particles in the air) Ever-changing mixture of gas and small particles located above and surrounding the earths surface. |
Give Examples of how eath systems overlap and influence each other | If one shere changes so does the other example the ice age. |
Describe how Earth systems function together | Birds(biosphere) fly through the air (atmosphere). water (hydrophere) goes through soil (lithosphere) |