Getting to Know You
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Who is Isla?
These organisms form the base of most food chains in the biosphere.
What are producers or autotrophs (e.g., plants, algae)?
This layer of the geosphere is made mostly of solid rock and lies beneath the crust.
What is the mantle?
This gas makes up ~78% of the Earth's atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
This percentage of Earth’s surface is covered by water in the hydrosphere.
What is about 71%?
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Who is Kate?
This human activity is the leading cause of habitat destruction in the biosphere.
What is deforestation?
Earthquakes are caused by sudden movements along these cracks in the geosphere.
What are faults?
Greenhouse gases trap this type of energy in the atmosphere, warming the planet.
What is infrared radiation?
The largest reservoir of freshwater in the hydrosphere is found here.
What are glaciers or ice caps?
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Who is Anderson?
This process describes the movement of energy through a food chain in the biosphere.
What is energy transfer or trophic levels?
This is the outermost layer of the Earth, making up continents and ocean floors.
What is the crust?
This weather phenomenon occurs when warm, humid air rises and cools in the atmosphere.
What are clouds or convection currents?
This process moves water from the surface into the atmosphere in the hydrosphere.
What is evaporation?
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Who is Hudson?
This natural process releases carbon stored in dead organisms back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.
What is decomposition?
These large sections of the geosphere move and interact, causing earthquakes and mountain formation.
What are tectonic plates?
This gas, though a small percentage of the atmosphere, is crucial for life and greenhouse warming.
What is carbon dioxide?
Ocean currents in the hydrosphere help regulate this global climate factor.
What is temperature or climate regulation?
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Who is Jason?
The loss of biodiversity in the biosphere can lead to this long-term ecological consequence.
What is ecosystem collapse or loss of ecosystem services?
Fossil fuels like coal and oil are formed from ancient organic matter stored in this geosphere component.
What is sedimentary rock or fossil fuel deposits?
This phenomenon occurs when atmospheric pressure rapidly drops and winds increase.
What is a cyclone or storm?
This term describes underground water stored in rock formations, part of the hydrosphere.
What is an aquifer?