Soil Science
This soil component allows water to pass through quickly due to large particle size
What is sand.
The layer of the Earth composed mostly of solid iron and nickel.
What is the inner core?
The majority of Earth’s deserts are found at this latitude due to sinking dry air.
What is 30° north and south?
What is moisture from the lakes rising and cooling to form snow (lake-effect snow)?
What are the seasons?
This action would have the greatest long-term effect on achieving global sustainability.
What is reducing human population growth?
This soil type has a balanced mix of sand, silt, and clay—making it ideal for farming.
What is loam
At this boundary, two plates slide past one another horizontally.
What is a transform boundary?
This periodic warming of ocean waters disrupts weather patterns in the Pacific Ocean.
What is El Niño?
During summer in the Northern Hemisphere, this hemisphere tilts toward the Sun.
What is the Northern Hemisphere?
Replacing coal plants with wind energy decreases this environmental measure.
What is the ecological footprint or carbon emissions?
The layer of soil rich in decomposed organic matter—often called “topsoil.”
What is the A horizon?
At this boundary, new crust is formed as magma rises from the mantle.
What is a divergent boundary?
This property describes how easily air or water can move through soil.
What is permeability? (Reinforces soil–climate link: rainfall absorption.)
Global wind belts are deflected due to this phenomenon.
What is the Coriolis effect?
This natural resource is both renewable and intermittent, depending on atmospheric conditions.
What is wind energy?
This property describes how easily water moves through soil and is highest in sandy soils.
What is permeability?
This term describes when one tectonic plate sinks below another into the mantle.
What is subduction?
Warm ocean currents such as the Gulf Stream keep nearby landmasses (like London) warmer by doing this.
What is transferring heat to the atmosphere?
In the Southern Hemisphere, winds moving north are deflected in this direction.
What is to the left (westward)?
This type of tourism supports conservation and sustainable local economies.
What is ecotourism?
If soil has high clay content, describe how this affects its drainage and aeration.
→ What is poor drainage and low aeration due to small pore spaces?
This geological feature forms at a convergent boundary between an oceanic and continental plate.
What is a volcanic arc?
Explain why the “snowbelt” near the Great Lakes experiences heavy snowfall.
What is moisture from the lakes rising and cooling to form snow (lake-effect snow)?
At 0° latitude, warm air rises and causes high rainfall in this biome.
What is the tropical rainforest?
Name one controlled variable scientists must maintain when testing different wind turbine blade lengths.
What is the height of the turbine (or wind speed exposure)?