Earth's Surface Vocab

Front

Not a layer of the Earth?

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shell

Front

Sphere containing all Earth's ice

Back

cryosphere

Front

Sphere with all living things on Earth

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biosphere

Front

Sphere containing all Earth's gases

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atmosphere

Front

Sphere with all rocks, sand, and sediment.

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geosphere

Front

Sphere with clouds, rivers, and oceans

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hydrosphere

Front

Breakdown of rock material by physical and chemical processes?

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Weathering

Front

What means "when acid falls to earth with rain or snow"?

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Acid Precipitation

Front

Wearing away of rock by other rock?

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Abrasion

Front

Process by which chemicals combine with oxygen?

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Oxidation