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Earth Science 1
Griffin
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the lithosphere? | The rocky surface of the Earth. |
| What is the atmosphere? | The pocket of air that surrounds the earth. |
| What is the hydrosphere? | All the water on the surface of the earth and underground, including ice and water vapor. |
| What is the earth's axis? | An imaginary line running fromt the North Pole to the South Pole through the center of the earth. |
| What is rotation? | The spinning of a planet or moon its axis. |
| What does orbit mean? | The path one object takes around another object in space. |
| What is a tide? | The rise and fall of the water level of the ocean near the shore that is caused by the pull of gravity on the moon. |