4.1
A plate boundary found in the ocean, where two tectonic plates move away from one another.
What is Divergent Plate Boundary?
The transport of weathered rock fragments by wind and rain is called...
what is Erosion?
This soil texture holds water the best.
what is Clay?
What is the most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere.
what is Nitrogen?
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Free 100 points
All the land that drains into a specific body of water.
what is a Watershed?
Solar intensity is highest at this part of the globe.
what is the equator?
What causes the water in the Arctic to sink deeper?
It is colder and saltier.
A plate boundary that leads to subduction.
What is Convergent plate boundary?
the names of the four soil horizons
What is O-Horizon, A-Horizon, B-Horizon, C-Horizon?
This soil type is the most permeable.
what is Sand?
This is Earth's hottest layer of the atmosphere.
what is Thermosphere?
Wind traveling east to west in the Pacific Ocean are known as.
what are Trade winds?
Name 2 factors that effect how much a watershed drains.
More vegetation = more infiltration & groundwater recharge
Greater slope = faster velocity of runoff & more soil erosion
Soil permeability determines runoff vs. infiltration rates
What affects the Earth's seasons?
what is the tilt on axis changes angle?
unusually cold water along the west coast of South America
What is La Niña?
The pattern of volcanoes & earthquake zones all around the pacific plate are called...
What is The Ring of Fire?
How does consistently growing the same crop cause nutrient depletion?
What is Repeatedly growing crops on the same soil removes key nutrients (N, P, K, Na, Mg) over time?
This soil texture is the best for growing, and considered the most balanced.
what is Loam?
The layer of Earth's atmosphere where weather occurs.
what is Troposphere?
True or False: The Earth spins slowest at the equator.
what is True?
Name one of the two major nutrients, that frequently travel as runoff, cause algae blooms.
what is Nitrogen and Phosphorus ?
locations greater than this line of latitude that receives 24 hours of nighttime on December 21st
what is the arctic circle?
Pattern of shifting atmospheric pressure & ocean currents in the pacific ocean between South America and Australia/Southeast Asia
What is ENSO?
What are the 4 layers of the Earth called?
What is Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust?
Why is the O-Soil Horizon called the O-Soil Horizon?
What is organic matter (plant roots, dead leaves, animal waste, etc on top of soil)?
Name 2 of the main nutrients for supporting plant growth.
N, P, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Na+
This is Earth's coldest layer, because there are fewer molecules to absorb the sun.
what is Mesosphere?
This process circulates warm air and rain around the equator.
what are convection cells?
how does plant roots prevent erosion?
what is Loss of stabilizing root structure causes sediment to be swept away more easily?
the term for different sides of a mountain having very different biomes
what is rain shadow?
Name an impact of La Niña
Colder Temperatures
More Hurricanes
Droughts and Wildfires
This process drives the movement of tectonic plates and the formation of new oceanic crust.
What is Convection?
the soil layer with the most root activity
what is A horizon?
Using the Triangle:
You have a soil that is 30% sand, 20% silt, 50% clay.
What is clay?
The thickest Ozone Layer is found here.
what is Stratosphere?
This process deflects wind traveling through atm. due to spin of earth.
what is the Coriolis Effect?
the type of pollution that is easier to prevent
What is point source pollution?
if the earth's tilt was 30 degrees, this adjective describes earth's new seasons (extreme, slight, none, same)
what is extreme?
Name an impact of El Niño.
Warmer Temperatures
Stronger Storms and Flooding
Droughts in Some Areas