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19 Cards in this Set
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Contains all of the minerals, water, nitrogen, carbon and other chemical materials necessary for life. |
Biosphere |
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Is a closed system meaning , nothing leaves and nothing enters it. |
Biosphere |
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Process of using and reusing materials. |
Recycling |
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Is the way that water moves all around around earth. |
Water cycle |
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Is constantly being used and created by different process on earth. |
Oxygen |
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One of the most elements to life. The basis for life of all living organism. |
Carbon |
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Animals are often called? |
Carbon-based life forms |
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Means that all other organisms are interdependent and interconnected parts of nature. |
Earth Capital |
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Life on earth began in? |
Water |
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What percentage of eaths surface that is covered by water |
75% |
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Descirbes how water evaporates , condences and precipitation(falls again in the surface. |
Water Cycle |
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Steps of water cycle |
Evaporation Condensation(cloud formation) Precipitation(rain) |
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Is the cycle that helps move oxygen through the three main regions of the earth. |
Oxygen Cycle |
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3 main regions of the Earth |
Atmosphere Biosphere Lithosphere |
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One of the largest reservoirs of free oxygen on earth? |
Atmosphere |
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Most important element on earth and most common element of human body. |
Oxygen |
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Is the series of process by which carbon compounds are interconverted in the environment. |
Carbon Cycle |
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Carbon makes ___% of thee human body |
18% |
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Backbone of all carbohydrate molecules |
Carbon |
