The Atmosphere
A Journey to the Center of the Earth
Water Resources
Biogeography
Climate Zones
100
This is the lowest level of the atmosphere
What is The Troposphere
100
The Earth’s crust is part of the
What is Lithosphere
100
Which hemisphere on earth is dominated by water
What is Southern
100
A collection of interacting species plus the physical environment is termed
What is An Ecosystem
100
Vegetation in the artic is best described as
What is Low and Resilient
200
This portion of the atmosphere contains the “good” ozone layer
What is The Stratosphere
200
Normal faults are caused by which type of stress
What is tension
200
Manmade lakes are commonly referred to as
What is Reservoirs
200
The sequence of compositional or structural changes in vegetation thru time is known as
What is Succession
200
Ice caps and ice sheets would be most typical of which climate
What is E
300
This portion of the atmosphere is considered the outer limit
What is The Exosphere
300
The Earth’s crust is being recycled in these area where the crust is forced under other crust into the mantle
What is Subduction Zones
300
Water covers approximately what percent of Earth's surface
What is 71%
300
In _____ dispersal organisms are moved by water, wind, or animals
What is passive
300
Much of the midlatitude grassland biomes in North America have been transformed into
What is farmland
400
This special section of the atmosphere absorbs cosmic rays, gamma rays and X-rays
What is The Ionosphere
400
Mt Everest was formed by which type of collision
What is Continental
400
The largest portion of fresh water today is located in
What is Ice caps and Glaciers
400
Cacti are examples of which type of plants in terms of photosynthesis
What is CAM
400
This climate group contains more land area than any other group
What is B
500
O3 is more commonly referred to as
What is Ozone
500
This scientist proposed the theory of continental drift
What is Alfred Wegener
500
This Doctor mapped the London Cholera epidemic back to contaminated drinking wells?
Who is Dr. John Snow
500
Organisms that are capable of using carbon dioxide as their sole source of carbon are called
What is producers
500
Equatorial and tropical rainforest biomes are found in regions with ____________ temperatures and _______________moisture
What is high and high
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