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List and describe the five environmental spheres of earth.

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The following are the five major spheres of the Earth:

1. Geosphere: It comprises Earth's mantle, crust, and core, that is, the solid proportion of the Earth.

2. Biosphere: It comprises all the species on Earth, as well as, the environments in which they thrive.

3. Atmosphere: It comprises the gases surrounding the Earth.

4. Cryosphere: It comprises the ice sheets of Earth as well as the environments in which they thrive.

5. Hydrosphere: It comprises the water in Earth's seas, oceans, glaciers, rivers, lakes, and atmosphere.


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