Environmental Science Unit 02 Vocabulary

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Geosphere

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The solid part of the Earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle.

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Hydrosphere

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All the waters on the Earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the Earth's surface, such as clouds.

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Atmosphere

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The envelope of gases surrounding the Earth or another planet.

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Biosphere

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The regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the Earth occupied by living organisms.

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Convergent Plate Boundary

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A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.

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Divergent Plate Boundary

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A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other.

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Transform Plate Boundary

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A type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal.

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Convection

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The movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity.

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Conduction

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The process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance when there is a difference of temperature or electrical potential.

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Radiation

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The emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles.