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Chap 6.1 Vocab Review
McDougal Littell 7th grade text
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System | A group of objects or phenomena that interact |
Atmosphere | The outer layer of gases of a large body in space, such as a planet or star |
Hydrosphere | All water on Earth—in the atmosphere and in the oceans, lakes, glaciers, rivers, streams, and underground reservoirs |
Biosphere | All living organisms on Earth in the air, on the land, and in the waters |
Geosphere | All the features on Earth’s surface, continents, islands, and seafloor, and everything below the surface, the inner and outer core and the mantle |
Cryosphere | Part of the hydrosphere - the frozen part of the Earth's surface, including the polar ice caps, continental ice sheets, glaciers, sea ice, and permafrost |
Atmosphere | the mixture of gases that surrounds the solid Earth |
System | The interaction of energy and matter in the four spheres of the Earth system |
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