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What are the five oceans?

1. Arctic Ocean


2. Pacific Ocean


3. Anlantic Ocean


4. Southern Ocean


5. Indian Ocean

What is the core made up of?

Iron and Nickel

Crust composition?

O (46%)


Si (27.7%)


Al (8.1%)


Fe (5%)


Ca (3.6%)

Movement of Earth's axis

Rotation

Is tilted in relation to the ecliptic plane, an imaginary surface through the planet's orbit.

Axis

What do you call the term when Earth is the closest to the Sun?

Periphelion

When is the Periphelion?

January

How far is the Periphelion?

147, 098, 291 KM

What is the term when Earth is at the farthest in the Sun?

Aphelion

When is the Aphelion?

July

How far is the aphelion?

152, 098, 233 KM

It is the term for above the sea level.

Altitude

Distance of North and South of the equator.

Latitude

CO2 releases some of that energy as photons.

Radiation Emission

Contains 75% of all air and almost of the water vapor which forms clouds and rains.

Troposhere

12 KM high.

Troposhere

50 KM high.

Stratosphere

Dy and clouds are rare.

Stratosphere

Contain ozone molecules.

Stratosphere

What is the ozone molecule?

03

The region where airplanes fly or the boundary between the tropo and strato.

Tropopause

This region absorb electromagnetic particles.

Mesosphere

They burn meteors.

Mesosphere

How thick is the mesosphere?

35 KM thick

Boundary of strato and meso.

Stratopause

Thickest layer of the atmosphere.

Thermosphere

Only lightest gases like 02, He, and H are here.

Thermosphere

Aurora and satellite occur in this region.

Thermosphere

Absorbed UR, visible ight, high-ebergy gamma radiation.

THermosphere

Coldest atmospheric layer.

Mesopause

10, 000 KM above the Earth.

Exosphere

Responsible for magnetic field, which deflects harmful charged particcles of the sun.

Core

7, 100 KM wide, larger than the Earth's diamenter about the same size as Mar's diameter.

Core

Liquid core.

Outer core

Four-fifths of moon.

Inner core

Thick and completely not stiff that can slow flowly.

Mantle

What rocks to mantle made up of?

Silica (Fe + Mg-rich silicate rocks)

Lower part of the upper mantle that exhibits plastic properties.

Asthenosphere

The tectonic plates sit.

Asthenosphere

Made of both the crust plus the rigis upper part of the upper mantle.

Lithospehere

Two types of crust.

1. Continental


2. Oceanic

Thick, less dense, lighter silicate.

Continental crust

Thinner, denser, dark silicate (basalt).

Oceanic Crust

Generated by currents flowing in the Earth's outer core.

Magnetic field

Accelerating its northward motion to 40 KM annualy.

Magnetic field

Charged particles get trapped in magnetic field smasj into air molecules above magnetic poles.

Aurora

How wide is the moon?

1/4 of the Earth's diameter.

What do you mean by waxing?

Lit and right

What do you mean by waning?

Lit ang left

First quarter.

Right and half-lit

Third Quarter.

Left and half-lit

Full Moon.

Lite tanan

Clumps of dust and gas are bound together early in life of the solar system.

Disk instability

Characteristics of geosphere?

1. Rocks


2. Sediments


3. Soils


4. Surface landforms

Roles of the geosphere.

1. Source of minerals and fuels


2. Provides nutrients for plants


3. Hold the waters


4. May shift to change Earth's surface

Processes that shape the lithospehere.

1. Water and Ice


2. Wind


3. Volcano


4. Plate tectonics


5. Impact Crating


6. Living things


7. Erosion and weathering

Characteristics of the hydropshere?

1. Clouds


2. Oceans


3. Water subsystems


4. Vapor

Role of the hydrosphere?

1. Provides habitat


2. Helps regulate climate and disperse heat


3. Necessary for living cells

Characteristics of the biosphere.

1. All life exists on Earth


2. Interaction of life to other subsystems for survival

Role of the biosphere

All other spheres work together to create and support life.

Characteristics of atmosphere.

1. Weather


2. Clouds


3. Aerosols


4. Winds


5. Heating and cooling


6. Climate

Role of the atmosphere.

Traps heat and blocks the sun's rays.

Atmosphere composition.

78% N


20.95% O


0.93 Ar


0.04 vapor and other gases