Graphing
This type of graph is designed to show a percent of a whole, where the whole equals 100%
What is a pie chart / pie graph?
The ______________ variable is indicated on the x-axis.
What is the independent variable?
The _____________ is the area of Earth where life exists.
What is the biosphere?
These warm the Earth by absorbing energy and slowing the rate that energy escapes out to space. Examples of the above include CO2, CH4 & H2O vapor.
What are greenhouse gases?
Rain, snow & hail are examples of _______________ .
What is precipitation?
This type of graph is designed to make comparisons of data, and the x-axis is usually grouped into categories (qualitative.)
What is a bar graph?
The ______________ variable(s) is indicated on the y-axis.
What is (are) the dependent variable(s)?
The ___________ is all of Earth's water, including water in the form of liquid water, ice and water vapor.
What is the hydrosphere?
This element makes up the majority (~ 78%) of Earth's atmosphere.
What is Nitrogen?
A ____________ in a cycle is a "parking" spot for a substance. For example, organic matter (living & dead) would be considered one for Carbon.
What is a reservoir?
This type of graph show trends, such as how things change over time.
What is a line graph?
This indicates what data is presented, it should be a brief statement describing the subject of the graph.
What is the title?
The ________________ is all the air that envelops earth's surface?
What is the atmosphere?
This element makes up ~ 21% of earth's atmosphere, and is a reactant for the photosynthetic process.
What is Oxygen?
A ___________ is a method of release (natural or artificial) of a substance into the environment. An example for carbon would be volcanic eruptions.
What is a source?
This type of graph consists of a series of points plotted on the grid and then connected together point to point.
What is a line graph?
The _______________ on graph paper are used to indicate the corresponding values of lines.
What are tick marks?
The ______________ is all the solid features of Earth's surface, such as mountains, continents, and the sea floor. It also includes everything below earth's surface.
What is the geosphere?
When methane breaks down, one of the products is O3. What is the common name of O3?
What is a ozone?
A ________ is a method of capture of a substance, temporarily restricting its ability to move through the system. The ocean is considered an example of one because it absorbs Carbon.
What is a sink?
This type of graph is often used to show frequency data. You are more likely to see this type in your math class, rather than Biology class.
What is a histogram?
This is used to differentiate between data sets for multiple lines or bars on a graph.
What is a key?
The ______________ is the portion of Earth's environment that has been constructed or modified by humans.
What is the anthrosphere?
What global event caused a 17% reduction in fossil fuel emissions in the Spring of 2020?
What is the COVID pandemic?
The digestive process (belching & flatulence) in domestic animals contributes to the release of the gas _________ into the atmosphere.
What is methane?