Define biosphere,atmosphere,hydrosphere,lithosphere, sima,sial,envoirment,biological envoirment,physical envoirment, glacier,continental glacier, humus,cliff,erosion,weathering, deposition,transported soil, external process,Internal process,residual soil
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Atmosphere
The Earth's atmosphere is the gaseous portion that surrounds the lithosphere. The lithosphere, in turn, is the part consisting of the Earth's crust and upper mantle.
Biosphere
The biosphere is the part of the Earth that includes all biological communities and their environment. It is part of the earth where life exists.
Hydrosphere
The hydrosphere defines the water that covers 71% of the Earth's surface.
Lithosphere
The lithosphere refers to the rocks of the Earth's surface and upper mantle, or the depth of the plates.
Sima
Sima is composed of silicon and magnesium. This is the second layer below sial which forms the ocean base. It is also called oceanic crust.
Sial
Sial is composed of silicon and aluminium.It is upper layer which forms a discontinuous cover over the Earth's crust and is entirely absent the ocean floor.
Environment
The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
Biological Environment
the biological environment is all living things big and small, plant or animal, and microbes etc.
Physical environment
Physical environment refers to the inanimate things like air, water, soil, rock, etc.
Continental Glacier
Continental Glacier is in Bridger-Teton and Shoshone National Forests, in the U.S. state of Wyoming and straddles the Continental Divide in the northern Wind River Range.
Glacier
A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
Erosion
Erosion is the geological process in which earthen materials are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind or water. A similar process, weathering, breaks down or dissolves rock, but does not involve movement.
Deposition
Deposition is the laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice. Sediment can be transported as pebbles, sand and mud, or as salts dissolved in water. Salts may later be deposited by organic activity (e.g. as sea shells) or by evaporation.
Weathering
Weathering is the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on Earths surface.
Residual soil
Residual soil is the material resulting from the in situ weathering of the parent rock. The largest areas and thickness of these soils occur normally in humid tropical regions, such as Brazil, Nigeria, South India, Singapore, and the Philippines.
Internal process
A process that shapes the earth with forces from the interior of the earth. Note: Internal processes are known as endogenetic process in pre-DSE syllabuses, which you need to know when you do past papers. The three forces are compressional force, tensional force and shear/lateral force.
Transported soils
Transported soils are those materials that have been moved from their place of origin, by gravity, wind, water, glaciers, or human activity – either singularly or in combination. - The method of transportation and deposition has great effect on the properties of the resulting soil mass.
External processes
The forces which produce physical features are. Basic Differences between Internal and external processes.