Created by María Jesús Campos Fernández, Social Studies, History and Geography teacher in a bilingual section in Madrid (Spain)

1. María Jesús Campos
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2. The Earth’s Surface
To
make investigations
easier the surface of the
Earth has been divided
up into four
interconnected spheres:

Lithosphere
 Hydrosphere
 Atmosphere
 Biosphere

3. ATMOSPHERE
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It comes from the
ancient Greek “atmo”
which means air and
“sphaira” which
means sphere.
It refers to the layer
of gases that
surround the Earth.
These layers of gases
are retained by the
Earth’s gravity.

4. 
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It is a science, a branch
of Geography, that
studies the phenomena
occurring in the
atmosphere. They are
called meteorological
phenomena.
Meteorological
phenomena gives rise to:
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
Weather
Climate

5. WEATHER
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It refers to the meteorological
conditions in a place at a
specific time.
It is studied by Meteorology.
CLIMATE
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It is the usual state of the
atmosphere in a place over
a long period of time. The
sum up of weather in a place
during more than 30 years
gives rise to climate
It is studied by
Climatology.

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