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What are the four spheres of the Earth?
What are the four spheres of the Earth?
The four spheres of the Earth are the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere.
What does the term 'atmosphere' mean?
What does the term 'atmosphere' mean?
The term 'atmosphere' refers to all the air on Earth.
Which sphere is considered biotic?
Which sphere is considered biotic?
The biosphere is considered biotic.
What does the term 'geosphere' mean?
What does the term 'geosphere' mean?
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What does the term 'hydrosphere' mean?
What does the term 'hydrosphere' mean?
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What is the outermost layer of Earth composed of any physical matter?
What is the outermost layer of Earth composed of any physical matter?
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What are the five layers of Earth's atmosphere, in order from the surface of Earth outward?
What are the five layers of Earth's atmosphere, in order from the surface of Earth outward?
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What is the ozone layer in the atmosphere responsible for?
What is the ozone layer in the atmosphere responsible for?
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What is the biosphere?
What is the biosphere?
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What are the characteristics of the geosphere?
What are the characteristics of the geosphere?
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What are the four layers of the geosphere, in order from the innermost to the outermost?
What are the four layers of the geosphere, in order from the innermost to the outermost?
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What does the hydrosphere contain?
What does the hydrosphere contain?
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What is the process by which water from the hydrosphere falls through the atmosphere?
What is the process by which water from the hydrosphere falls through the atmosphere?
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What part of Earth's surface does the rainfall eventually land on?
What part of Earth's surface does the rainfall eventually land on?
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How does the hydrosphere connect to the biosphere?
How does the hydrosphere connect to the biosphere?
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What part of Earth's system do humans belong to?
What part of Earth's system do humans belong to?
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What happens to Earth's geosphere when humans cut down trees for industrialization?
What happens to Earth's geosphere when humans cut down trees for industrialization?
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How do humans affect other plants and animals from the biosphere when they cut down trees?
How do humans affect other plants and animals from the biosphere when they cut down trees?
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What is the term for the accumulation of rainfall in bodies of water?
What is the term for the accumulation of rainfall in bodies of water?
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What is the term for the process of humans damaging Earth's geosphere?
What is the term for the process of humans damaging Earth's geosphere?
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