Earth's Spheres
4 Major Earth Spheres...
What are the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere?
The theory that explains the movement of Earth's plates
What is PLATE TECTONICS?
The term for a large body of air with uniform temperature and humidity
What is an AIR MASS?
An organism that eats other organisms
What is a CONSUMER?
Tides that occur during new and full moons
What are SPRING TIDES?
Earth sphere that includes all living organisms
What is the BIOSPHERE?
Type of plate boundary occurs when two plates move apart
What is a divergent boundary?
The term for the trapping of heat by gases in Earth's atmosphere
What is the GREENHOUSE EFFECT?
A consumer that eats secondary consumers
What is a TERTIARY CONSUMER?
When the moon is almost full
What is GIBBOUS?
Earth sphere that encompasses all Earth's water
What is the HYDROSPHERE?
Type of plate boundary occurs when two plates collide
What is a CONVERGENT BOUNDARY?
Gas that is most abundant in Earth's atmosphere
What is NITROGEN?
The process in which plants create sugar from CO2 and sunlight
What is PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
The upward movement of cold nutrient-rich water from the deep ocean
What is UPWELLING?
Earth system composed of all gases surrounding Earth
What is the ATMOSPHERE?
Type of plate boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other
What is a TRANSFORM BOUNDARY?
The difference between weather and climate
What is weather is short-term atmospheric conditions; climate is the average over time?
The process in which organisms use glucose to create energy, with a product of C02 and water
What is CELLULAR RESPIRATION?
Tides that occur during 1st and 3rd quarter
What are NEAP TIDES?
Earth sphere that includes Earth's solid rocks and interior
What is the GEOPSHERE (LITHOSPHERE)?
The process where one tectonic plate moves under another
What is SUBDUCTION?
The effect of Earth's rotation on wind patterns
What is the CORIOLIS EFFECT?
The amount of energy lost between trophic levels
What is 90%?
A large movement of water in the ocean caused by wind, salinity, and temperature differences
What is an OCEAN CURRENT?