chapter e vocab
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| geosphere | all the soils and loose rocks on earths surfaces
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| crust | thin outer layer composed of light elements
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| mantle | the layer benesath the crust
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| lithosphere | earths outer layer
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| asthenosphere | the layer beneath the lithosphere
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| tectonic plates | glide across the underlying asthenosphere
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| erosion | the removal and transport of surface matierial
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| atmosphere | a mixture of gases
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| troposhere | the atmospheric layer nearest earths surface
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| stratosphere | above the stratosphere
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| ozone | a molecule made up of three oxygen atoms
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| radiation | the transfer of energy across space and the atmosphere
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| conducction | the flow of heat from a warmer object to a colder object
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| convection | the transfer of heat by aire currents
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| greenhouse effect | when gases trap heat near the earth
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| water cycle | the continous movement of water inbto the air onto land and then back to water sources
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| evaporation | the process which liquid water is heated by the sun
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| condensation | water vapors form water droplets on dust particles
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| precipitation | particles falling from clouds called rain
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| salinity | the concentration of all the dissolved salts in the ocean water
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| fresh water | a little more than 3 percent of the earths water
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| biosphere | the narrow layer around earths surface
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