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Earth Spheres
Term | Definition |
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Earth System | Non-living things,living things, and process that make up the planet earth Including the solid earth. |
Atmosphere | A mixture of gases surrounds a planet, moon or other celestial body. |
Geosphere | The mostly solid rocky part of the earth; extends form the center of the core surface of the crust. |
Hydrosphere | A portion of earth that is water. |
Cryosphere | One of the earths spheres where water is solid form, Including snow cover, floating ice glaciers,ice caps, ice sheets and frozen ground permafrost. |
biosphere | the part part of earth where life exists; includes all of the living organism on earth. |
Lithosphere | the solid outer layer of earth that consists of the crust and rigid upper part of the mantle. |