What is the Earth System?

a. The global interconnecting web of physical and biological phenomena involving the solid Earth, the hydrosphere, and the atmosphere
b. The crust, mantle, and core of the Earth
c. The continental plates and the oceanic plates
d. The rigid lithosphere and the plastic asthenosphere


Answer: a. The global interconnecting web of physical and biological phenomena involving the solid Earth, the hydrosphere, and the atmosphere

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