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  1. 3. the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms.
  2. 5. proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence
  3. 7. concerned with the processes and phenomena of the atmosphere
  4. 8. the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior.
  5. 12. Rise sediment underwater feature found between the continental slope and the abyssal plain.
  6. 14. the rigid outer part of the earth
  7. 15. deals with the physical and biological properties and phenomena of the sea
  8. 18. Slope the slope between the outer edge of the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor.
  9. 19. large geologic landform that rises from the ocean floor
  10. 21. Trench depression in the ocean bottom
  11. 22. large stable block of the earth's crust
  12. 23. large area of exposed Precambrian crystalline igneous and high-grade metamorphic rocks that form tectonically stable areas.
  13. 25. a set of things working together
  14. 26. the central part of the earth, beneath the mantle
  15. 27. the upper layer of the earth's mantle
  16. 30. System Science focuses on the operation of the whole Earth
  17. 31. Science fields of study concerned with the solid Earth
  18. 33. Basin areas found under the sea.
  19. 34. Margin the shallow water area found in proximity to continents.
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  1. 1. Basin cover the greatest portion of the Earth's surface
  2. 2. Plain an underwater plain on the deep ocean floor
  3. 4. Shelf landmass where the sea is relatively shallow compared with the open ocean.
  4. 6. Platform continental area covered by relatively flat or gently tilted, mainly sedimentary strata, which overlie a basement of consolidated igneous or metamorphic rocks of an earlier deformation.
  5. 9. deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole
  6. 10. any of the almost spherical concentric regions of matter that make up the earth
  7. 11. Ridge underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics.
  8. 13. carefully thought-out explanation for observations of the natural world
  9. 16. deals with the earth's physical structure and substance
  10. 17. the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
  11. 18. any of the world's main continuous expanses of land
  12. 20. all the waters on the earth's surface
  13. 22. describes the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.
  14. 24. Time used by geologists and paleontologists to describe the timing in geo history
  15. 28. Method consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
  16. 29. System refers to Earth´s interacting physical, chemical, and biological processes
  17. 32. Belt group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment
  18. 35. Theory states that the solar system developed out of an interstellar cloud of dust and gas, called a nebula