Soil
Adding sand to soil causes this kind of change in porosity.
What is an increase?
Temperature constantly decreases as you ascend the atmosphere. (T/F)
What is False?
The poles are home to this kind of air pressure.
What is low pressure?
During this season, the Northern Hemisphere receives very little solar energy.
What is winter?
Mid-ocean islands form at this location.
What are hotspots?
Soil texture distributions always add up to this number.
What is 100?
These five layers make up the atmosphere. (Lowest to highest)
What is: Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere?
This byproduct acts as a temporary greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.
What is water vapor?
This latitude receives the most solar energy.
What is 0º (The Equator)?
This kind of plate boundary causes earthquakes.
What are transform plate boundaries?
These two soil features have a positive relationship.
What are porosity and permeability?
This layer contains a thick ozone layer.
What is the stratosphere?
This combination is responsible for global wind patterns.
What are Hadley cells and the Earth’s rotation?
These two factors cause the seasons.
What are the Earth’s tilt and its rotation around the Sun?
This factor determines an area’s climate.
What is insolation?
These six soil nutrients are crucial to crop growth.
What are Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P), Potassium (K), Calcium (Ca), Sodium (Na), and Magnesium (Mg)?
These three gases make up the vast majority of the Earth’s atmosphere.
(+100 points for each correct concentration)
What are Nitrogen (78%), Oxygen (21%), and Argon (0.93%).
This global loop spreads salt, nutrients, and temperature throughout the world.
What is the thermohaline circulation?
On these two days, the Northern and Southern Hemispheres receive the exact same amount of solar energy.
What are the Vernal and Autumnal Equinoxes?
One plate sinks under another at this location.
What is a subduction zone?
This is the defining characteristic of an E horizon.
What is a lack of nutrients? (E stands for Empty)
This atmospheric layer contains the greatest oxygen concentration and the aurora borealis.
What is the thermosphere?
This pattern is built off the fluctuating pressure and ocean currents in the Pacific Ocean.
What is the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO)?
This term describes the amount of light reflected off a surface.
What is the albedo?
This latitude line(s) contribute to a lack of rain.
What is 30º (and -30º) latitude?