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Unit 3: Earth systems and resources

500 possible mastery points

About this unit

This unit explores Earth systems and resources that support life. Learn about plate tectonics, soil formation and erosion, soil composition and properties, earth's atmosphere, global wind patterns, watersheds, solar radiation and Earth's seasons, Earth's geography and climate, and El Nino and La Nina.
You thought soil was simple? Don't be silty!
The winds prevail and rainfall follows.
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Seasons: it's the angle, not the distance.
The long-term pattern of weather is climate.

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