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Wether Part 1
Term | Definition |
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Atmosphere | a thin layer of gasses surrounding Earth |
Bioshere | part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere |
Clouds | a mass of tiny water droplets or ice crystals that floats in the air above Earth |
Condensation | the change of state from a gas to a liquid |
Crystallization | when water freezes and collects in frozen form |
Density | the measurement of how tightly a material is packed together |
Earth Systems | the for main physical systems of the earth- hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere, biosphere |
Fog | a cloud at ground level |
Geosphere | all of the rock at and below Earth's surface (crust, mantle, and core) |
Glacier | any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land |
water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers | |
all the water at and near the surface of the earth ,97% of which is in oceans | |
a naturally- formed feature on the surface of the Earth, such as a coastline, dune, or mountain | |
how water moves on land due to gravity | |
any from of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface |