Cryosphere - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

WHAT IS CLIMATE LITERACY? correct answers Climate Literacy is an understanding of the climate's influence on you and society and your influence on climate A climate-literate person: correct answers -understands the essential principles of all aspects of the Earth system governing climate patterns that are presented in this document; • knows how to gather information about climate and weather, and how to distinguish credible from non-credible scientific sources on the subject; • com...

composition of atomosphere correct answers 78% N2, 21 % O2, trace gases fixed trace gases of the atmosphere correct answers argon, carbon dioxide, neon, helium, hydrogen, and xenon variable trace gases of the atmosphere correct answers water vapour, pollutants troposphere correct answers 0-17 km above Earth's surface, site of weather, organisms, contains most atmospheric water vapor. (temperature decreases with increasing altitude, pressure decreases) stratosphere correct answers 2n...

Define carbon cycle - ANSWER-The complex processes that carbon undergoes as it is transferred from organic carbon to inorganic carbon and back again 4 major stores of carbon - ANSWER-• Hydrosphere • Cryosphere • Lithosphere • Atmosphere carbon sink - ANSWER-A store of carbon where the input is greater than the output carbon source - ANSWER-A store of carbon where the amount of carbon leaving the output is greater than the input transfers - ANSWER-The inputs and outputs that affe...

What are anthropogenic global changes? - Answer-Global CO2 rise Ocean acidification What is the approximate thickness of the Earth's atmosphere? - Answer-120 km What is the largest reservoir of fresh water in the Earth system - Answer-Glaciers and ice caps What is the radius of the Earth - Answer-6,400 km What is thought by scientist to be the strongest factor responsible for the extremely hot climate on Venus compared to Earth - Answer-The Greenhouse Effect What are Greenhouse ...

Praxis 5005 (Science) Kathleen Jasper Purple Book Notes and Information Already Graded A Mantle Is not liquid, but ductile or plastic, which means that some parts can flow under certain conditions and changes in pressure. Composed mainly of aluminum and silicates Crust The outermost solid layer of earth. It is the lithosphere. Core The innermost layers of the Earth. Mainly composed of nickel and iron Inner Core Solid. Temperatures and pressures are extreme. Outer Core A layer of liquid iron...

The water cycle and water insecurity revision notes for A Level Edexcel Geography what is a drainage basin - -a river's drainage basin is the area surrounding it where the rain falling on land flows into that river (river's catchment) -the boundary of the drainage basin is called the watershed -open (with inputs and outputs), the total amount of water changes over time -local hydrological systems what is a large drainage basin - -steep sides (ability to move precipitation into the ...

Which parts of the earth system are involved with the climate system? - ️️Oceans, cryosphere (ice and snow), biosphere (animals and plants), pedosphere (soil), lithosphere (rocks). All of these elements together compose the climate system, whose individual components and processes are connected and influence each other in diverse ways. What is the primary energy source for the climate system? - ️️Solar energy (green house gases and orbit). What influence does the ocean have on the ...

composition of atomosphere correct answers 78% N2, 21 % O2, trace gases fixed trace gases of the atmosphere correct answers argon, carbon dioxide, neon, helium, hydrogen, and xenon variable trace gases of the atmosphere correct answers water vapour, pollutants troposphere correct answers 0-17 km above Earth's surface, site of weather, organisms, contains most atmospheric water vapor. (temperature decreases with increasing altitude, pressure decreases) stratosphere correct answers 2n...

Lithosphere - Answer Upper part of the mantle and includes the earths crust Biosphere - Answer Sphere in which organisms live Cryosphere - Answer Sphere including high proportions of ice Hydrosphere - Answer Sphere in which water such as oceans and the water cycle are Atmosphere - Answer Gaseous layer around the earth split into layers contains 70% nitrogen and 20% oxygen Troposphere - Answer The layer of atmosphere extending approximately 8-17km upwards from the earth...

Greek meaning of the term geology correct answers Earth, knowledge Geology correct answers the brach of earth science that studies all aspects of this planet Environment correct answers the uniquely habitable region near earth's surface that humans share with all other organisms Sustainable development correct answers development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs 3 goals of sustainable development corre...