Chapter 3 Vocabulary
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Geosphere | The solid part of the Earth that consists of all rock, as well as the soils and loose rocks on Earth's surface.
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| Crust | Earth's thin outer layer
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| Mantle | The layer beneath the crust, makes up 64% of the mnass of the Earth.
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| Lithosphere | Earth's outer layer. Cool rigid layer.
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| Asthenosphere | The layer beneath the lithosphere. A plastic, solid layer of the mantle made of rock that flows very slowly and allows tectonic plates to move on top of it.
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| Tectonic Plates | Part of the lithospshere that is divided into peices. Continents are located on tectonic plates and move around them.
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| Erosion | The removal and transport of surface material
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| Atmosphere | A mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth. Made up of Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and other gases.
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| Troposphere | The atmospheric layer nearest Earth's surface. Extends to about 18km above Earth's surface.
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| Stratosphere | Above the troposphere. Extends from about 18km to an altitude of about 50km. Temperatures rise as altitude increases.
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| Ozone | O3, a molecule made up of three oxygen atoms. In the stratosphere.
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| Radiation | the transfer of energy across space and in the atmosphere
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| Conduction | is the flow of heat from a warmer object to a colder object when objects are placed in direct physical contact.
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| Convection | is the transfer of heat by air currents.
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