The Spheres
Area around Earth that contains all of Earth's gases
What is the Atmosphere?
Water moves from a liquid to a gas
What is evaporation?
Unusable nitrogen gas becomes usable
What is Nitrification or Nitrogen fixation?
Area on Earth defined by its climate, location and life found there
What is a biome?
These two nutrients are responsible for creating a "Dead Zone" in the Gulf of Mexico
What are Nitrogen and Phosphorous?
Area on and above Earth where all life exists
What is the Biosphere?
Water moving into plants' roots
What is Uptake?
General term for plants that contain nitrogen fixing bacteria in their roots
Legumes
Borders around patches are known as these
What are Ecotones?
Dams are changing ecosystems and causing problems like low oxygen in the water. This phenomenon is known as
What is Hypoxia?
The solid Earth beneath our feet
What is the Lithosphere?
Humans removing water from the ground
What is Extraction?
In the Carbon Cycle, plants and animals are interdependent. What are the processes that define this interdependence?
What are Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration?
The ability of a system to maintain a constant condition
What is Homeostasis?
Residents of this densely populated island are rapidly clearing trees which are vital for protection from hurricanes.
What is Haiti?
Ponds, lakes, rivers, puddles, clouds, ocean
What is the Hydrosphere?
Water seeping into the ground
What is infiltration?
The cycle that starts by the leaching of minerals from rocks by weather
What is the Phosphorous Cycle?
Exponential growth in a population causes all of the autotrophs in an area to be exploited. This is an example of this
What is a Positive Feedback Loop?
A new source of this element exists in 26%, found in Earth's bedrock layer.
What is Nitrogen?
The deepest place on Earth where life exists
What is the Mariana's Trench?
Water vapors leaving through plants' leaves
What is transpiration?
Besides being biogeochemical cycles, Nitrogen, Carbon, and Phosphorous are examples of these
What are Macronutrients
Provides a broad picture of landscape often used in planning and developing land use
What is a Geographic Information System (GIS)?
This type of "Critical Zone" is being affected the most by climate change
What are Aquatic Critical Zones?