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Earth Science
Earth systems
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Science
8th Grade
12/19/2011

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What is the hydrosphere?
Definition
All the water on the Earth
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What is the biosphere?
Definition
all living things.
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What is the Atmosphere?
Definition
all the Earth around the Earth.
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What is the geosphere.
Definition
All of the Earths surface.
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What are the three main parts of the geosphere?
Definition
The core, Mantle, and crust.
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How many Parts are the geosphere divided into.
Definition
Three
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What are the Earth's four main spheres?
Definition
The Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere, and the Biosphere.
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What are the tetonic plates?
Definition
Moving plates under the Earth's surface.
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What happens when tectonics plates move.
Definition
Earthquakes and volcanoes emerge.
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What model explains the postition of continents?
Definition
a Map
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