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What type of plate boundary is formed when two tectonic plates slip and grind alongside one another?

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Transform plate boundary.

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What is a substance composed of atoms of two or more different elements called?

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Compound.

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What is the interaction between the atmosphere and biosphere when organisms expel gases into the air?

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Gas exchange.

Front

What is the process called when water moves from bodies of water and moist soil into the atmosphere?

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Evaporation.

Front

What principle states that the amount of matter in the environment always stays the same?

Back

Law of conservation of mass.

Front

What are the three main layers of Earth's atmosphere?

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Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere.

Front

What is the primary gas that plants take in during photosynthesis?

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Carbon dioxide.

Front

What is the term for the movement of tectonic plates?

Back

Plate tectonics.

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What is the process by which water vapor cools and changes back into liquid water?

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Condensation.

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What is the term for the layer of gases surrounding Earth?

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Atmosphere.