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Systems:

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Atmosphere, Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere

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Atmosphere composition

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78%nitrogen
21%oxygen
0.9%argon

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colorless odorless and slightly soluble in water important in protein and nucleic acid

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nitrogen

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important in respiration and process pf combustion

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oxygen

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colorless odorless and slightly heavier than air

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argon

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act as a blanket to keep the earth warm

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carbon dioxide

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lightest noble gas

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helium

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most abundant noble gas

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krypton

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use for filling light bulbs

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neon

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poisonous if breath in large amountz attract oxygen to make water

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hydrogen

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heaviest noble gas

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xenon

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shield from harmful rays

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ozone

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odorless colorless and burns in slightly bluish flame

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methane

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also known as laughing gas

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nitrous oxide

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use in the formationnof cloud

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water vapour

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basic component of fog and smog

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dust

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known by the trade name freon. they convert ozone to oxygen

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chlorofluorocarbons or halocarbon

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who popularized biosphere

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Vladimir Vernadsky

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five components of mineral

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color, luster, streaks, cleavage and fracture, and hardness

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rocks that came from a magma

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igneous
-intrusive-crystallization
-extrusive-solidification

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sendiments referring to the materials that settle out of air or water can produce by chemical rwction called precipitation

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sendimentary
-chemical-evaporate
-organic
-fragmental

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metamorphism is a mineralogical chemical and structural and textural adjustmentbof solid rocks without melting to temperature and pressure are called _____

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metamorphic

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classification of metamorphic rocks

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foliated - pattern fracture
non foliated - no pattern fracture

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Oldest rock

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Acasta Gneiss

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rock cycle

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magma. crystallization-intrusive:solidification-extrusive.uplift and exposure. weathering. transportation. deposition. sendiments. lithification. sedimentary rocks. metamorphism. metamorphic rocks. melting. magma

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