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science vo-cab

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crust   a thin layer of relatively cool rock that forms Earths outer skin.  
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feedback loop   sometimes an event is both a cause, or input, and an effect, or output, in the same system, a cyclical process.  
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erosion   the removal of soil by water, wind, ice, or gravity, can lead to a positive feedback loop.  
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geosphere   is made of all the rock at and below Earth's surface.  
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lithosphere   is the hard rock on and just below Earth's surface.  
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biosphere   consists of all the planet's living or once-living things and the nonliving parts of the environment with which they interact.  
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atmosphere   consists of the layers of gases surounding our planet.  
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hydrosphere   encompasses all water-salt, fresh, liquid, ice, and vapor-on Earth's surface, underground, and in the atmosphere.  
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mantle   layer of very hot but mostly solid rock.  
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core   beneath the lower mantle.  
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tectonic plates   as the asthenosphere moves, it drags along large plates of lithosphere called ________.  
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landform   features such as mountains (above and beneath the ocean's surface), island, and continents.  
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deposition   the depositing of eroded soil at a new location.  
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evaporation   the conversion of a substance from a liquid to a gas.  
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transpiration   the release of water vapor by plants through their leaves.  
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precipitation   water returns from the atmosphere to earth's surface.  
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condensation   a change in state from a gas to a liquid.  
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aquifers   precipitation soaks down through soil and rock to recharge underground reservoirs.  
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groundwater   fresh water found underground.  
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