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Definitions: (Biosphere - all living organisms (Biotic - living/ have been…
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Atmosphere - the gases that surround the earth e.g Nitrogen (78%), Oxygen (21%), Argon (>1%) Carbon Dioxide (0.4%)
Hydrosphere - all the water on earth (solid = ice, liquid = water, gas = water vapour)
Lithosphere - the upper layers of the Earth; the crust, upper mantle, soil
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Precipitation - Rain, snow, hail, sleet, etc ~ water falling from sky
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Urbanisation - increase in built up areas ~ more impermeable surface e.g tarmac , increase in flooding
Evapotranspiration - the process by which water is transferred from the land to the atmosphere by evaporation from the soil and other surfaces and by transpiration from plants.
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- transparency = how light passes through
- translucent = light passes through
- opaque = no light passes through
Rocks:
- Euhedral = perfect shape
- Subhedral = some shape
- Anhedral = no shape
- streak of a mineral is its colour in powdered form