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Earth Systems
Unit 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Earth system | all of the nonliving things,living things and processes that make up the planet Earth,including the solid Earth, the hydrosphere,the atomsphere,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 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 |
| bisophere | the part of Earth where life exists;includes all of the living organisms on Earth |
| energy budget | The net flow of energy into and out the system |