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Chapter 3
Term | |
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geosphere | solid part of the Earth's surface(made f rock) |
crust | Earth's skinny outside layer made up of weak elements. |
mantle | layer right below the crust that takes up most the earth's mass.(64%) |
core | he earth's center made up of the strongest elements. |
lithosphere | Part of the mantle, also known as tectonics plates. |
asthenosphere | below the mantle lithosphere also below the mantle, allows plates to move over it and contains plastic. |
tectonic plates | Part of the lithoshphere that mve across the asthenosphere like water |
erosion | How solid material such as rock and stone move around over time. Influenced by wind or water. |
atmoshpere | Gases that surround the Earth made up of Nitrogen, oxygen, and carbondioxide |
Troposhpere | where the weather occurs |
stratosshpere | above the troposhpere and contains the ozone lair 18k-50k. |
Ozone | collects the sun's UV and heats the air. |