Amazing Atmosphere
The layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer
Stratosphere
The variety of organisms in an ecosystem
Biodiversity
The boundary type where plates move apart
Divergent Boundary
The phenomena caused by runoff that leads to an algal bloom
Eutrophication
The growth pattern of a country where the age structure diagram is NARROWER at the BOTTOM than at the TOP
Decreasing/declining/shrinking/negative
The trapping of infrared radiation near the planet's surface by the atmosphere
The Greenouse Effect
The amount of energy moving from prey to predator upon consumption
10%
A renewable source of energy derived from the lithosphere
Geothermal Energy
The large convection current in the ocean that circulates global water and maintains temperature regulation
Thermohaline circulation
If we gotta burn fossil fuels, this is the cleanest burning one
Natural gas
A renewable source of energy coming from the troposphere.
Wind
The form of succession that starts without soil
primary succession
The most common boundary type in California
Transform Boundaries
The process of water traveling down through soil towards groundwater
percolation/infiltration
The phenomenon caused by NOx and SOx emissions that can degrade statues and change soil pH
Acid Deposition
The direction of deflection for a plane traveling in the southern hemisphere
Left/Counter Clockwise
The process of a toxin growing more present in an organism over its lifetime
Bioaccumulation
The partially decayed matter in the O Horizon
Humus
The chemical compound formed from the interaction between CO2 and H2O
Carbonic Acid (H2CO3)
The phenomenon where the temperature is raised by several degrees inside a city
Urban heat island
The phenomenon in which altitude affects the temperature of the air in the troposphere
Adiabatic heating/cooling
The reproductive strategy of a dandelion
r-selected
The type of mining that removes overburden in layers
strip mining
The pattern of the strengthening and weakening of the tradewinds in the south Pacific
El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
The biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the US
Electricity production