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Earth is a closed system for ____; Eath is an open system for ____
Matter; Energy
The Earth contains five systems:___;___;___;___;___
Name 3..
Life; Land; Frozen Parts; water; air
Earth sytems are used to help explain the ___ __ _____; (Examples ___;___ ___;____;____)
Name 3 examples..
impact of humans; deforistation..climate change..pollution..extinctions
The ______ is the earth OUTER shell consisting of its solid outer mantle and crust
lithosphere
The _____ is the part of the mantle beneath the LITHOSPHERE that is hot enough to flow very slowly
Asthenopsphere
The earth's structure is layered:
a thin CRUST...plastic MANTLE...liquid OUTER CORE...solid INNER CORE
Scientists use ___ _____ (p and s) to infer that the earth has ) ___ ______
seismic waves; four layers
_____ is the transfer of heat through a substance by direct contact of the molecules
conduction
_____ is the transfer of heat through substances due to density changes within the substance
convection
_____ is the transfer of energy through waves : (light heat radioactive elements)
Radiation