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Earth is a closed system for ____; Eath is an open system for ____
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Matter; Energy
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The Earth contains five systems:___;___;___;___;___
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Life; Land; Frozen Parts; water; air
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Earth sytems are used to help explain the ___ __ _____; (Examples ___;___ ___;____;____)
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impact of humans; deforistation..climate change..pollution..extinctions
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The ______ is the earth OUTER shell consisting of its solid outer mantle and crust
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lithosphere
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The _____ is the part of the mantle beneath the LITHOSPHERE that is hot enough to flow very slowly
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Asthenopsphere
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The earth's structure is layered:
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a thin CRUST...plastic MANTLE...liquid OUTER CORE...solid INNER CORE
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Scientists use ___ _____ (p and s) to infer that the earth has ) ___ ______
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seismic waves; four layers
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_____ is the transfer of heat through a substance by direct contact of the molecules
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conduction
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_____ is the transfer of heat through substances due to density changes within the substance
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convection
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_____ is the transfer of energy through waves : (light heat radioactive elements)
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Radiation
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