Water Cycle
Carbon Cycle
The greenhouse effect
Carbon sinks
The rock cycle
Desalination
Earth's spheres
Evidence of climate change
100
Liquid water gaining heat energy and changing into a gas state.
Evaporation
100
This process includes plants absorbing CO2
Photosynthesis
100
What type of radiation reflected from the Earth do greenhouse gases absorb?
Infrared radiation
100
Identify the type of carbon sink located in the biosphere.
Forests/plants.
100
Weathering and erosion breaks rocks down to form what?
Sediment
100
What is the benefit of desalination?
Clean drinking water
100
What does the prefix 'atmos' mean?
Air, vapour or steam
100
Which of Earth's spheres would fossils be found in?
Lithosphere/Geosphere
200
When water vapor rises higher in the atmosphere and cools down or when gas turns into a liquid.
Condensation
200
The process that organisms undertake to create energy which releases CO2
Respiration
200
Identify the rock cycle process taking place.
Weathering and erosion.
200
A carbon sink is what?
Something that stores more carbon than it emits.
200
What geological landmarks can release greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and water vapour?
Volcanoes
200
When water is pumped back into the ocean after treatment, it typically has a higher _________ concentration.
Salt
200
Which two spheres would bushfires effect the most?
Biosphere and atmosphere
200
Ice core's are examples of evidence of climate change for the atmosphere because
they contain trapped gases.
300
The process of plants absorbing water through their roots.
Transpiration
300
Deep oceans and rain forests are considered the largest type of?
Carbon sink OR Carbon reservoir
300
Name one process that contributes to greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Burning fossil fuels
Deforestation
Volcanic eruptions
Agriculture
300
Describe how plants can deposit carbon into the soil.
Photosynthesis, carbon stored in soil through the roots.
300
When organisms containing carbon die, they can be buried and compressed over millions of years. Which type of rock is created by compaction and cementation?
Sedimentary
300
Some marine organisms rely on echolocation for movement and mating, what negative impact would disrupt this?
Noise pollution
400
What is it called when snow,sleet, rain, or hail form and fall to the ground?
Precipitation
400
When an organism dies, ____________________ break it down and return carbon to the soil.
Decomposers
400
Which of the following is an example of a greenhouse gas?
a) Oxygen
b) Nitrogen
c) Methane
d) Carbon monoxide
c) Methane
400
Describe how the hydrosphere is a carbon sink.
Absorbs carbon dioxide, organisms use photosynthesis to store it.
400
Tectonic activity drives the rock cycle. What does rock being pushed down into the mantle undergo to form magma?
Melting
400
Coral bleaching is due to a rise in carbon dioxide in the water. Marine ecosystems can also be damaged by increased _____________.
water temperature
500
The process of liquids filtering through porous surfaces.
Percolation
500
The process of burning fossil fuels (which contain carbon dioxide)
Combustion
500
Explain how greenhouse gases work
Absorb and re-emits infrared radiation (heat)
500
Name one method of artificial carbon storage.
Carbon capture and storage
Direct air capture
500
Convection currents push magma back toward the surface where it cools down, what type of rock is formed through this process?
Igneous
500
Desalination plants require large amounts of energy, this can increase the amount of ___________ emissions.
Greenhouse gas