Earth Systems and Maps
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What are the four main Earth spheres?
Atmosphere (air), hydrosphere (water), lithosphere (land), biosphere (life).
What is the cryosphere?
All frozen water on Earth like ice, glaciers, and snow.
What is the habitable zone?
The distance from the Sun where liquid water can exist.
Why can Earth keep an atmosphere?
Because of gravity and the magnetic field.
What is the short-term carbon cycle?
Carbon moving through plants, animals, and the atmosphere.
What is the long-term carbon cycle?
Carbon stored and moved through rocks and volcanoes over millions of years.
What is the hydrologic cycle?
The movement of water between land, air, oceans, and living things.
What is latitude?
Lines that measure distance north or south of the equator.
What is longitude?
Lines that measure distance east or west of the prime meridian.
How many degrees are in one time zone?
15 degrees.
