Earth's Spheres
This sphere includes rivers, lakes and the ocean
Hydrosphere
What form does carbon take in the atmosphere?
Gas or Carbon dioxide
Water droplets in clouds form, get heavy and fall back to Earth in liquid or solid form
Precipitation
Water dissolves substances which allows it to transport dissolved nutrients and minerals
Which cycle is responsible for making new mass for plants
Carbon
This sphere includes all living things
Biosphere
What process moves carbon from the biosphere back to the atmosphere?
Respiration
Sun heats liquid turning it to vapor
Evaporation
Because water possesses this property, sunlight can penetrate the photic zone and support primary producers
Transparency or transmission of light
These three elements are found in all macromolecules
C, H, O
This sphere includes nitrogen, oxygen and water vapor
Atmosphere
What process moves carbon from the atmosphere to the biosphere?
Photosynthesis
The scientific name for water?
Dihydrogen monoxide
Acting as a thermal insulator because it is less dense when solid
Expansion
This element makes up 65% of human body mass
Oxygen
This sphere provides a solid surface AND nutrients for plants.
Geosphere
Over millions of years, high pressure and heat transform this buried organic matter into coal, oil and natural gas.
Fossil fuels
Water vapor cools and forms clouds
Condensation
Oceans absorb massive amounts of solar energy with little temperature change, moderating global climate
High Specific heat
A way humans alter the carbon cycle
combustion or deforestation
This sphere provides protection from the suns rays and traps heat for warmth
Atmosphere
How does the amount of carbon remain constant as it moves through all the spheres and the living and nonliving systems?
Law of Conservation of Mass/Matter
Water flows over land gathering nutrient and soil
Run off
Introduced deep beneath Earth's surface, water allows underground rock to melt faster and flow more easily to form this liquid rock
Magma
Water's uneven distribution of electrical charge creates this property which gives rise to cohesion, adhesion and surface tension
Polarity