Geographical Processes(carbon cycle)
Which process is the nitrogen and phosphorus cycle?
Lithospheric
Name the sphere that relates to all the water on Earth?
Hydrosphere
Name an environmental transformation?
erosion etc
Do tectonic plates float around on top of semi-molten rock?
Yes
The biosphere is all the living things on Earth. True or false?
True
Places and environments are are formed and transformed by a range of natural _________ processes?
geographic
atmosphere
Is deposition a lithospheric process?
No
Huge mountain ranges do not form as a result of tectonic plates colliding. True of false?
False
Name a process related to the biosphere.
Oxygen cycle, food chains, evolution
What is the process of reusing and moving carbon from one sphere to another?
The carbon cycle.
Name the sphere which encompasses is all living things on Earth?
Biosphere
What is erosion?
The wearing away of Earth by wind, water or ice.
What occurs as a result of movement between sections of the Earth's crust?
Earthquakes
What is a special green pigment or colouring called?
Chlorophyll
Name a hydrospheric process?
precipitation, infiltration, run-off, evaporation, transpiration, condensation, transportation, deposition
Name the sphere that is all the rocks, soils and crust on the Earth's surface?
Lithosphere
Weathering is the breaking down of rock through the action of wind and water? True or false
True
Famous fold mountain?
Himalayas
What are the 4 geographical processes that form and transform environments?
Biospheric, Lithospheric, Hydrospheric, Atmospheric
What is the physical and chemical disintegration of rocks and minerals?
Weathering
What involves the process of molten rock from the mantle being forced up onto the Earth's surface?
Volcanoes
A food _______ shows the relationship of all living things in an ecosystem.
chain