General Info
The Earth System
Earths Interior
Earths Spheres
Ecosystems
100
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
What is matter?
100
A group of related objects or processes that work together to form a whole.
What is a system?
100
This compositional layer is the thin, outermost layer of the Earth?
What is Crust?
100
The four main spheres of the Earth system
What is Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Geosphere, Biosphere
100
The largest population an ecosystem can support?
What is Carrying Capacity
200
The shape of Earth.
What is oblate sphere?
200
How do Systems interact?
By exchanging matter and energy
200
This compositional layer is the innermost part of the Earth
What is core?
200
A mixture of gases that surrounds a planet, moon, or other celestial body?
What is Atmosphere
200
How do ecosystems respond to changes?
What is in ways to restore balance?
300
The percentage of Earth that is covered in water.
What is 71%?
300
Scientists study the inside of Earth by?
What is using seismic waves
300
The three structural zones that make up the mantle?
What is Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mesosphere
300
Life exists in which part of the Earth?
What is the Biosphere.
300
The process whereby certain substances such as pesticides or heavy metals move up the food chain, work their way into rivers or lakes, and are eaten by aquatic organisms such as fish, which in turn are eaten by large birds, animals or humans.
What is Biological Magnification?
400
A system that exchanges both matter and energy?
What is an open system?
400
Closed System
What is a system that exchanges energy but not matter?
400
Two elements that make up the Earth's core?
What is Nickel and Iron?
400
The portion of Earth that is water?
What is Hydrosphere
400
A community of organisms and the abiotic environment that the organisms inhabit.
What is An Ecosystem?
500
Energy is the only exchange in this system.
What is a closed system
500
Open System
What is a system that exchanges both matter and energy?
500
The three compositional zones that make up the Earth's Interior?
What is Crust, Mantle, Core
500
The mostly solid rocky part of the Earth.
What is the Geosphere.
500
A diagram that shows the feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem?
What is a food web?
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