Earth’s Spheres, Landforms and Physical Processes What does it all mean? ©2012, TESCCC
Photo credit: Seto, T. (Photographer). (2011). Tsunami japan 3.11. [Web Photo]. Retrieved from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Tsunami_Japan_3.11.jpg ©2012, TESCCC
Photo credit: Welch, G. (Photographer). (2011). Japan. [Web Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=99199 ©2012, TESCCC
Earth’s Spheres Atmosphere: located right above the Earth’s surface and includes layers of gases (clouds, air pollution, sand storms, hurricanes, etc.) It protects us by absorbing solar radiation. Biosphere: life on land, rivers and oceans (Biomes) deserts, forests, grasslands Hydrosphere: water in liquid and solid state (oceans, glaciers, snow, lakes, rivers, etc.) Lithosphere: solids of the Earth (rocks, soils, landforms, etc.) ©2012, TESCCC
Insert Images for each of the spheres Photo credit: Earth’s layers: Nyblade, A. (Artist). (2011). Earth's composition. [Web Graphic]. Retrieved from https://www.e-education.psu.edu/earth106/content/l11.html ©2012, TESCCC
Plate Tectonics: View direction of the arrows showing movement of the plates. What can you deduce from this image? Plate tectonics graphic compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey. The USGS home page is http://www.usgs.gov. ©2012, TESCCC
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