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It is the upper part of the lithosphere.
The mantle is hotter and has two layers.
Outer core is liquid; inner core is solid.
Convection currents in the mantle.
Movement due to temperature differences.
Natural processes affect their formation.
They are limited and not renewable.
Volcanoes and severe weather can be forecasted.
Weather is short-term; climate is long-term.
The sun and gravity drive the cycle.
A liquid changes into a gas.
Gas changes into a liquid.
Water falls when it becomes too heavy.
Apparent deflection in a rotating frame.
Density variations from temperature and salinity.
They absorb and release solar energy.
Warming of the Pacific Ocean surface.
Cooling of the Pacific Ocean surface.
Trapping sunlight energy as thermal energy.
Long-term changes in weather patterns.
One rotation on a planet's axis.
One orbit around its star.
The tilt of a planet's axis relative to the Sun.
Equal distance of poles from the Sun.
One pole is most pointed towards the Sun.
A rocky object orbiting a planet.
27.3 days for one complete orbit.
29.5 days from new moon to new moon.
Visibility of the illuminated side from Earth.
Lit side is on the right.
Moon passes in front of the Sun.
Earth blocks sunlight from reaching the moon.
The lighter outer part of an eclipse shadow.
The darker inner part of an eclipse shadow.
Distance between Earth and the Sun.
The first four planets made mostly of rock.