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| a system that does not allow matter but does allow engery to pall through its boundaries. |
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| a system that allows both matter and engery to pass through its boundaries |
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| The Four "Spheres" of Earth |
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Atmosphere
Bioshpere
Geosphere
Hydrosphere |
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| the system consisting of all living and recently dead organisms on Earth |
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| the envelope of gases that surrounds Earth |
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the system comprising all of Earth's bodies of water and ice
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a region that extends to about 10km above and below the Earth's surface.
-where all known forms of life exist |
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Water Cycle
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Hydrologic Cycle
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| a model that describes the movement of water through the reservoirs of the Earth system |
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| the set of crustal processes that form new rock, modfy it, transport it, and break it down |
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| movements and interactions in the geoshpere and the internal Earth processes that drive them |
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