Lecture #1 Flashcards
1
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Lithosphere
A
“rocky”- solid inorganic
Crust and Upper mantle
variety of landforms
2
Q
Atmosphere
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Gaseous Envelope
Sticks to surface (most)
Mostly nitrogen (78%) and (21%) Oxygen
protective
3
Q
Hydrosphere
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Water, in all forms
4
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Biosphere
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life, all places where life exist and living things
5
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water cycle
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circulation of water in hydro
beneath earths surface litho (rocks)
In plants and animals bio
in water vapour-clouds-percipitation atmo