Chapter 3 vocab

Earth's thin outer layer

layer beneath the crust, makes up 64% of Earth's mass

Earth's inner most layer

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solid part of Earth that consists of all rock, soil, and sediment on Earth's surface

Earth's thin outer layer

layer beneath the crust, makes up 64% of the Earth's mass

Earth's inner most layer

Earth's outer layer, includes the crust and the mantle

plastic, solid layer of the mantle made of rock that flows very slowly ans allows allowstectonic plates to move on top of it

divided pieces of the lithosphere

removal and transportation of surface material

Earth surrounded by a mixture of gases

atmospheric layer nearest to the earth

above the troposphere

molecule made up of three oxygen atoms

transfer of energy across space and in the atmosphere

flow of heat from a warmer object to a cooler object when objects are placed in physical contact

transfer if heat by air currents

continuous movement of water into air, onto land, and then back to water sources

process by which liquid water is heated by sun and rises into the atmosphere as water vapor

water vapor forms droplets on dust particles

larger droplets fall from clouds

narrow layer around Earth's surface in which life can exist

energy enters the environment, but matter does not

matter and energy are exhanged between a system and the surrounding environemt