All of the non living things and processes that make up the planet Earth including the solid Earth the atomosphere the hydrosphere and the biosphere.

The most solid rocky part of earth extends from the center of the core to the surface of the crust.

The portion of earth that is water.

one of earths spheres where water is in solid form including snow cover floating ice, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, and frozen ground permafrost.

A mixture of gases that surrounds a planet moon or celestial body.

the part of earth where life exists includes all the living organisms on earth.

the net flow of energy into and out of a system.

the measure of the force with which air molecules push on a surface.

the uppermost layer of the atmosphere in which temperature increases as altitude decreases.

the layer of the atmosphere between the stratosphere and the thermosphere and in which temperature decreases as altitude increases.

the layer of the atmosphere that lies between the troposphere and the mesosphere and in which temperature increases as altitude increases and contains the ozone layer.

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Unit 10 vocab

Term	Definition
earth systems	All of the non living things and processes that make up the planet Earth including the solid Earth the atomosphere the hydrosphere and the biosphere.
geosphere	The most 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 earths 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 celestial body.
biosphere	the part of earth where life exists includes all the living organisms on earth.
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 decreases.
mesosphere	the layer of the atmosphere between the stratosphere and the thermosphere and in which temperature decreases as altitude increases.
stratosphere	the layer of the atmosphere that lies between the troposphere and the mesosphere and in which temperature increases as altitude increases and contains the ozone layer.
troposphere
ozone layer
greenhouse effect
temperature
thermal energy
heat
radiation
convection
conduction
wind
coriolis effect
global wind
jet stream
local wind
ocean current
surface current
convection current
upwelling

Created by: Jordana Gouveia

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