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astronomy - ANSWERSThe scientific study of the universe; it includes the observation and interpretation of celestial bodies and phenomena Atmosphere - ANSWERSThe gaseous portion of a planet; the planet's envelope of air. One of the traditional subdivisions of Earth's physical environment Bios...

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astronomy - ANSWERSThe scientific study of the universe; it includes the observation
and interpretation of celestial bodies and phenomena

Atmosphere - ANSWERSThe gaseous portion of a planet; the planet's envelope of air.
One of the traditional subdivisions of Earth's physical environment

Biosphere - ANSWERSThe totality of life on Earth; the parts of the solid Earth,
hydrosphere, and atmosphere in which living organisms can be found

Closed systems - ANSWERSA system that is self-contained w/ regard to matter. That
is, no matter enters or leaves

Earth science - ANSWERSThe name for all the sciences that collectively seek to
understand Earth. It includes geology, oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy

Earth system science - ANSWERSAn interdisciplinary study that seeks to examine
Earth as a system composed of numerous interacting parts or subsystems

Environment - ANSWERSEverything that surrounds and influences an organism

Geology - ANSWERSThe science that examines Earth, its form and composition, and
the changes it has undergone and is undergoing

Geosphere - ANSWERSThe solid Earth, the largest of Earth's four major spheres

Hydrosphere - ANSWERSThe water portion of our planet; one of the traditional
subdivisions of Earth's physical environment

Interface - ANSWERSA common boundary where different parts of a system interact

Meteorology - ANSWERSThe scientific study of the atmosphere and atmospheric
phenomena; the study of weather and climate

Nebular hypothesis - ANSWERSThe basic idea that the Sun and planets formed from
the same cloud of gas and dust in interstellar space

Negative feedback mechanism - ANSWERSA feedback mechanism that tends to
maintain a system as it is

, Nonrenewable resource - ANSWERSA resource that forms or accumulates over such
long time spans that it must be considered as fixed in total quantity

Oceanography - ANSWERSThe scientific study of the oceans and oceanic phenomena

Open systems - ANSWERSA system in which both matter and energy flow into and out
of the system. Most natural systems are of this type

Physical environment - ANSWERSThe part of the environment that encompasses
water, air, soil, and rock, as well as conditions such as temperature, humidity, and
sunlight

Positive feedback - ANSWERSA feedback mechanism that enhances or drives change

Renewable resource - ANSWERSA resource that is virtually inexhaustible or that can
be replenished over relatively short time spans

System - ANSWERSAny size group of interacting parts that form a complex whole

What are the four main sciences that comprise earth science? - ANSWERSGeology
Oceanography
Meteorology
Astronomy

What does geology study? - ANSWERS"Study of earth"

How is geology divided? - ANSWERSInto two areas
Physical geology: examines the materials composing Earth and seeks to understand
the many processes that operate
Historical geology: aims to understand the origin of Earth and its development overtime

What percent of earths surface is covered by the ocean? - ANSWERS70%

What are the four main spheres that comprise the Earth? - ANSWERSHydrosphere
Atmosphere
Geosphere
Biosphere

Which sphere is the largest? - ANSWERSThe geosphere (solid earth)

Which sphere is made up all four spheres? - ANSWERSThe biosphere (living portion)

What is a system? - ANSWERSA group of interacting, or interdependent, parts that
form a complex whole

What is positive feedback? - ANSWERSInitial change is reinforced

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