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earth systems
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hydrosphere | The portion Earth that is water |
| Atmosphere | A mixture of gases that surrounds a planet, moon, or other celestial body. |
| Biosphere | The part of Earth where life exists; includes all living organisms on Earth |
| Earth system | All of the nonliving things, living things, and processes that make up the planet Earth. |
| Cryosphere | One of the earth's spheres where water is in solid form, floating ice, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, and frozen ground permafrost. |
| Geosphere | The mostly solid, rocky part of Earth; extends from the center of the core to the surface of the crust. |
| Energy budget | The net flow of energy into and out of a system. |
| Air pressure | The measure of the force with which air molecules push on a surface. |
| Thermosphere | The uppermost layer of the atmosphere, in which temperature increases as altitude increases. |
| Greenhouse effect | The warming off thee surface and lower atmosphere of Earth that occurs when water vapor |
| Messosphere | The layer of the atmosphere between the stratosphere and the thermosphere and in which tempetures |
| Stretosphere | |
| Troposphere | |
| Ozone layer | |
| Temperature | |
| Thermal energy | |
| Thermal expansion | J |
| Heat | |
| Radiation | |
| Convection | |
| Conduction | |
| Wind | |
| Coriolis effect | |
| Global wind | |
| Jet stream | |
| Local wind | |
| Ocean current | |
| Surface current | |
| Deep current | |
| Convection current | |
| upwelling |
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