environmental science ch. 3
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| 17506504 | geosphere | the solid part of the earth that consists of all rock as well as the soils and loose rocks on the earths surface | |
| 17506505 | crust | earths thin outer layer | |
| 17506506 | mantle | the layer beneath the crust | |
| 17506507 | core | earths innermost layer | |
| 17506508 | lithosphere | earths outer layer | |
| 17506509 | asthenosphere | the layer beneath the lithosphere; plastic, solid layer of the mantle made of rock that flows very slowly and allows tectonic plates to move on top of it | |
| 17506510 | tectonic plates | pieces that make up the lithosphere | |
| 17506511 | atmosphere | a mixture of gases that surround the earth | |
| 17506512 | ozone | a molecule made up of three oxygen atoms;makes up the ozone layer | |
| 17506513 | convection | the transfer of heat by air currents | |
| 17506514 | greenhouse effect | the process in which gases trap hear near the earth | |
| 17506515 | water cycle | the continuous movement of water into the air,onto land, and then back to water sources | |
| 17506516 | evaporation | the process by which liquid water is heated by the sun and then rises into the atmosphere as water vapor | |
| 17506517 | condensation | the process in which water vapor forms water droplets on dust particles | |
| 17506518 | precipitation | process in which large droplets of water fall from clouds in forms of rain, snow, sleet, and hail | |
| 17506519 | biosphere | narrow layer around earths surface in which life can exist |
