EARTH
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alissab1997 on September 14, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 continent | the seven largest areas of land on Earth |
| Solar system | consist of the sun and nine known planets as well as other celestial bodies of water that orbit the sun |
| core | the inner most part of Earth, made of solid iron and surrounded by a layer of liquid iron |
| mantle | the middle layer of eath that lis between the core and the lithosphere |
| magma | motlen or liquid rock that lies beneath Earths crust |
| crust | the hard outer layer of Earth |
| atmosphere | the layer of air that surrounds Earth |
| lithosphere | the outermost part of Earth including a layer of solid rock and Earths crust. |
| biosphere | all parts of the EArth where plants and animals live, including the atmosphere, lithosphere, and hydrospehre |
| continental drift | the theory that the continesnt are slowly drifting away from each other as the tectonic plates move |
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