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rocks breaking down to form soil is a process that occurs in the
the interconnected system of air, water, land, and living organisms is
collectively known as earths
The first blank is about the layer where rocks break down to form soil. The lithosphere is the rigid outer layer of the Earth which includes the crust and upper mantle, and rock weathering (to form soil) occurs here. For the second blank, the term "biosphere" is defined as the global sum of all ecosystems, which is an interconnected system of air (atmosphere - part of it interacts with biosphere), water (hydrosphere - interacts with biosphere), land (lithosphere - interacts with biosphere) and living organisms.
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