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Unit 10 Lesson 1
Term | Definition |
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Earth System | All of nonliving things,living things,and processes that make up the planet Earth,including the solid Earth,the hydrosphere,the atmosphere and the biosphere |
Geosphere | The mostly solid,rocky part of Earth;extends from the center of the core to the surface of the crust |
Hydrosphere | The portion of Earth that is water |
Cryosphere | One of the Earth's spheres where water is in the solid form,including snow cover,floating ice glaciers,ice caps,ice sheets,and frozen ground permafrost |
Atmosphere | A mixture of gases that surrounds a planet,moon,or other celestial body |
Biosphere | The part of Earth where life exist;includes all of the living organism on Earth |