Earth Major Systems

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The layer of gases that surrounded Earth

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Atmosphere

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Earth’s water whether found on continents or oceans including freshwater in glaciers lakes rivers and underground

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Hydrosphere

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The part of the earth in which living things exist and interact

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Biosphere

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The layers of rock dirt and soil on the earth including the mantle core and crust

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geosphere

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Earth’s solid rocky surface

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Crust

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The layers of Earth beneath the crust

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Mantle

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the central part of earth

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Core

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The slow movement of the continents over many years

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Continental sift

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Science theory that Earth’s crust is made of moving plates

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Tectonic plates

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A pattern of crack in the rock of Earth’s crust where movement can take a place

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Fault

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The atmosphere contains which plants need it to make food

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Carbon dioxide

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The protects living things in biosphere

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Ozone layer

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The influences weather patterns

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Geosphere

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A scientist who examines rocks to find put about earth’s history and structure

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Geologist

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Thought earths continents were a giant jigsaw puzzle

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Alfred wegener

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Theory describes the lithosphere as being made of huge plates of solid rock

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Plate tectonics

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Is the squeezing or a pushing together of the crust

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Compression

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When a plate is compressed the crust is forced upward producing

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Folded mountains

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Rocks break down and become

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Sediment

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Soil forms in layer called

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Horizons

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Is a think layer of topsoil with little humus

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Forest soil

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Is sandy and does nit have much humus

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Desert soil

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Is rich in humus which provides nutrients for crops and holds water so minerals are not washed deep into the ground

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Grasslands and prairie

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3% of earths water is freshwater which is mostly frozen

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Frozen

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Provides freshwater for homes farms and businesses

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Running water

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Is an artificial lake that stores water

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Reservoir

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70% of earths surface is water

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Salty water

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Name 2 most abundant minerals in the ocean water

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Sodium and chloride

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Is the largest percentage of dissolved materials in the ocean water

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Sodium chloride or salt

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Fast running water ecosystem have more than slower running water

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Oxygen

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Is an ecosystem that is wet during some or all, the year

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Wetland

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Wetland include

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Marshes bogs and swamps

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Estuaries change with the

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Tide

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Is the constant movement of ocean water

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Current

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Is a powerful cause of erosion

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Gravity

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Fast moving rivers can wash away soil rocks depositing then into a lake and ocean the built up sediment can form a landform called a

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Delta

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Where land and body of water meet

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Shoreline

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Any area of shoreline made of materials deposited by waves

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Beach

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Is the energy source for the water cycle

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Sun

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Water cycle process step 1. Or changes from a liquid to a gas in the form of

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Water vapor

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Is when water evaporates from the leaves of the plants

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Transpiration

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Water vapor cool in the process

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Condensation

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Forms which is condensed water vapor in the atmosphere

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Clouds forms

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Occurs as water falls from the clouds

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Precipitation

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Precipitation that flows across the lands surface or falls into rivers and streams

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Runoff

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Is a region that contributes water to a rivers or rivers system

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Watershed

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Is the condition of the atmosphere at a given time and place

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Weather

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Is the condition of the atmosphere at a given time and place

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Weather

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Is the force of air pushing on an area

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Air pressure

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Is a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air

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Humidity

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Is the height above earths surface and is measured from sea level

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Altitude

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Is a slow process that breaks down rocks into smaller pictures

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Weathering

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Air masses form over the northern polar region

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Cold dry air masses

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Air masses form over the northern polar waters

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Cold moist air masses

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Air masses form over tropical land

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Warm dry air masses

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Front brings light steady rain

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Warm front

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Front brings stormy weather

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Cold front

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Fronts cause rainy weather to last for days

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Stationary fronts