Chapter 2 Sec 1 Flashcards
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Mantel
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Surrounds the core and has several layers
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What is the core?
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Center of te earth and is made of iron and nickel
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Magma
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Molten rock
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Crust
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Thin layer of rock at the earths surface
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What does the atmosphere do?
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Protects earth provides medium for weather and climate and contains oxygen
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Lithosphere
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Solid rock portion if the earth and includes crust and uppermost mantle. Underneath the ocean is the lithosphere
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Hydrosphere
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Made of water elements on the earth
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What’s the atmosphere the lithosphere and the hydrosphere all called?
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The biosphere. Also where plants and animals live
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Continental drift
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Earth was once a supercontinent that divided and slowly spread apart
