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    The geosphere includes all rocks, sand, mountains, minerals and molten materials that make up the Earth. It undergoes constant processes that modify the other spheres. The hydrosphere is all the water on a planet, including liquid, vapor and ice in surface water, underground and in the air. The biosphere is the sum of all ecosystems and is unique to Earth, as life has not been found elsewhere. The atmosphere layers include the troposphere closest to Earth's surface, then the stratosphere containing the ozone layer, mesosphere where meteors burn up, and thermosphere and exosphere at higher altitudes.

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    The geosphere includes all rocks, sand, mountains, minerals and molten materials that make up the Earth. It undergoes constant processes that modify the other spheres. The hydrosphere is all the water on a planet, including liquid, vapor and ice in surface water, underground and in the air. The biosphere is the sum of all ecosystems and is unique to Earth, as life has not been found elsewhere. The atmosphere layers include the troposphere closest to Earth's surface, then the stratosphere containing the ozone layer, mesosphere where meteors burn up, and thermosphere and exosphere at higher altitudes.

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    The geosphere includes all rocks, sand, mountains, minerals and molten materials that make up the Earth. It undergoes constant processes that modify the other spheres. The hydrosphere is all the water on a planet, including liquid, vapor and ice in surface water, underground and in the air. The biosphere is the sum of all ecosystems and is unique to Earth, as life has not been found elsewhere. The atmosphere layers include the troposphere closest to Earth's surface, then the stratosphere containing the ozone layer, mesosphere where meteors burn up, and thermosphere and exosphere at higher altitudes.

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    Geosphere

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    The geosphere includes all rocks, sand, mountains, minerals and molten materials that make up the Earth. It undergoes constant processes that modify the other spheres. The hydrosphere is all the water on a planet, including liquid, vapor and ice in surface water, underground and in the air. The biosphere is the sum of all ecosystems and is unique to Earth, as life has not been found elsewhere. The atmosphere layers include the troposphere closest to Earth's surface, then the stratosphere containing the ozone layer, mesosphere where meteors burn up, and thermosphere and exosphere at higher altitudes.

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    Geosphere

    The geosphere undergoes infinite processes constantly and that, in turn, modifies other spheres.
    Examples of geosphere are all the rocks and sand particles from dry land to those found at the bottom
    of the oceans. They also include the mountains, minerals, lava and molten magma from beneath the
    earth's crust.

    Hydrosphere

    A hydrosphere is the total amount of water on a planet. The hydrosphere includes water that is on the
    surface of the planet, underground, and in the air. A planet's hydrosphere can be liquid, vapor, or ice.
    On Earth, liquid water exists on the surface in the form of oceans, lakes and rivers.
    Biosphere

    The biosphere is one of the four layers that surround the Earth along with the lithosphere (rock),
    hydrosphere (water) and atmosphere (air) and it is the sum of all the ecosystems. The biosphere is
    unique. So far there has been no existence of life elsewhere in the universe.

    Atmosphere
    Troposphere

    The troposphere starts at the Earth's surface and extends 8 to 14.5 kilometers high (5 to 9 miles). This
    part of the atmosphere is the densest. Almost all weather is in this region.

    Stratosphere

    The stratosphere starts just above the troposphere and extends to 50 kilometers (31 miles) high. The
    ozone layer, which absorbs and scatters the solar ultraviolet radiation, is in this layer.

    Mesosphere

    The mesosphere starts just above the stratosphere and extends to 85 kilometers (53 miles) high.
    Meteors burn up in this layer

    Thermosphere

    The thermosphere starts just above the mesosphere and extends to 600 kilometers (372 miles) high.
    Aurora and satellites occur in this layer.

    Ionosphere

    The ionosphere is an abundant layer of electrons and ionized atoms and molecules that stretches from
    about 48 kilometers (30 miles) above the surface to the edge of space at about 965 km (600 mi),
    overlapping into the mesosphere and thermosphere. This dynamic region grows and shrinks based on
    solar conditions and divides further into the sub-regions: D, E and F; based on what wavelength of solar
    radiation is absorbed. The ionosphere is a critical link in the chain of Sun-Earth interactions. This region
    is what makes radio communications possible.

    Exosphere

    This is the upper limit of our atmosphere. It extends from the top of the thermosphere up to 10,000 km
    (6,200 mi).

    Credit: NASA/Goddard

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