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what is the hydrosphere?
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8th Grade
12/19/2011

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What is the hydrosphere?
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The hydrosphere is all of Earth's water
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What is the biosphere?
Definition
The biosphere is all of Earth's living things.
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What is the atmosphere?
Definition
The atmosphere is all of Earth's gases.
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What are the techtonic plates?
Definition
they are moving plates under the ground.
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Does one effect cause effects in all of the spheres?
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Yes.
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What is the geosphere?
Definition
all of the Earth's rocks.
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What does the biosphere contain?
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It contains all of the Earth's natural waters.
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how many parts is the geosphere divided into?
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3
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What are the three main parts of the geosphere?
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The core the mantle and the crust.
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What are Earth's four main spheres?
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Hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, and geosphere.
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