dynamic earth
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| geosphere | the mostly solid,rocky part of earth;extends from the center of the core to the surface of the crust.
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| crust | the thin and solid outermost layer of the earth aboe the mantle.
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| mantle | In earth cience,the layer of rock between the earth's crust and core.
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| core | The central part of the earth below the mantle; also the center of the sun.
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| lithosphere | The solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle.
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| astheosphere | the solid,plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere
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| tectonic plate | the rigid, outermost layer of the Earth is divided into pieces
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| erosion | The removal and transport of surface material
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| atmosphere | Earth is surrounded by a mixture of gases
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| troposphere | The atmospheric layer nearest Earth’s surface
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| stratosphere | Above the troposphere
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| ozone | a molecule that is made up of three oxygen atom
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| radiation | the transfer of energy across space and in the atmosphere
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| conduction | the flow of heat from a warmer object to a colder object when the objects are placed in direct physical contact
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| convection | the transfer of heat by air currents
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| greenhouse effect | This process, in which gases trap heat near the Earth
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| water cycle | The continuous movement of water into the air, onto land, and then back to water sources
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| evaporation | the process by which liquid water is heated by the sun and then rises into the atmo- sphere as water vapor
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| condensation | water vapor forms water droplets on dust particles
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| precipitation | These larger droplets fall from clouds as rain in the process
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| salinity | sea water is the total quantity of dissolved salts
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| fresh water | a little more than 2 percent of all the water on earth
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| biosphere | the nar- row layer around Earth's surface in which life can exist.
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| closed system | energy enters the environment, but matter does not
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| open system | both matter and energy are exchanged between a system and the surrounding environment
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