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What is the study of living organisms and their environments called?

Ecology

What do you call the process in which living organisms produce offspring of the same kind?

Reproduction

What is the study of the Earth's physical structure, history, and the processes that shape it called?

Geology

What is the outermost layer of the Earth's surface called?

Crust

What do you call the process of breaking down rocks, soil, and minerals through contact with the Earth's atmosphere, water, and biological organisms?

Weathering

What is the process by which plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to produce glucose and oxygen?

Photosynthesis

What is the thin layer of gases that surround the Earth called?

Atmosphere

What is the process of rocks or sediments being moved from one place to another by wind, water, or ice called?

Erosion

What is the process of turning a solid directly into a gas called?

Sublimation

What is the branch of biology that studies the classification and characteristics of organisms called?

Taxonomy

What is the theory that explains how the Earth's tectonic plates move and interact called?

Plate tectonics

What is the term for the movement of water between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere through evaporation and condensation?

Water cycle

What is the process of converting nitrogen gas into compounds that can be used by plants called?

Nitrogen fixation

What is the study of the Earth's atmosphere, weather, and climate called?

Meteorology

What is the process by which rocks are formed from pre-existing rocks through heat and pressure called?

Metamorphism

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Which process breaks down rocks, soil, and minerals through contact with the Earth's atmosphere, water, and biological organisms?



What is the outermost layer of the Earth's surface called?



What is the process by which plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to produce glucose and oxygen?



What do you call the study of the Earth's physical structure, history, and the processes that shape it?



What is the term for the movement of water between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere through evaporation and condensation?



What is the process of rocks or sediments being moved from one place to another by wind, water, or ice?



What is the study of living organisms and their environments called?



What is the process of turning a solid directly into a gas called?



What is the branch of biology that studies the classification and characteristics of organisms called?



What is the study of the Earth's atmosphere, weather, and climate called?




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