Unit 1-3 review
An example of a biotic component of an ecosystem。
What is something living? Ex. Fungi, plants, animals.
zones from the core to the crust
what is mantle, asthensophere, lithosphere, soil?
physical weathering of rocks includes this
what is freeze thaw cycles and the growth of tree roots?
reducing vegetation in a watershed will change the nitrates in this way
what is increase nitrates?
percentage of sunlight reflected from a surface
what is albedo?
As a country moves into stage 2 of the demographic transition, you would expect replacement level fertility to and crude death rate to do this.
the boundaries of two plates that slide past one another is called this
what is transform boundary?
rocks formed by high pressure and temperature
how a watershed is determined
what is where water flows?
the atmosphere closest to the surface of the earth
what is the troposphere?
Small inputs of this substance, commonly a limiting factor in aquatic ecosystems, can result in algal blooms and dead zones.
What is phosporus?
the youngest hawaiian island (the one on the active hot spot)
what is Hawaii?
the type of weathering lichens do
what is chemical weathering?
the reason why the roofs at school have a faster flowrate than the vegetation areas in the school
what is higher slope, impervious surface?
increased evaoporation at the equator would result in what type of change at the ITCZ?
what is increaed precipitation?
Which sequence of secondary succession would be likely to occur after a fire in a forest?
What is bare soil, grasses and wildflowers, shrubs, sunlight-tolerant trees, shade-tolerant trees?
techtonic plate theory evidence is related to this ancient thing
what is dinosaurs?
soil forms using a combination of these 5 things
what is parent material, climate, topography, organisims and time?
the size of the chesapeake bay watershed
what is 17 million ha (41 million acres)?
the three convection cells related to cloud formation and precipitation
what is polar cells, hadley cells, and ferrell cells?
If a population of 3.5 million people has a growth rate of 2.7 percent per year in 2010, this is the year the population would reach 14 million people.
what is 2062?
The famous fault line that runs through and splits California
What is the san andreas fault?
the reason why clay soils have poor crop growth
what is not enough water available for the roots to take up?
environmental problems related to city water flowing into waterways
what ocean current mixes deep water with surface water, moving nutrients and heat around the world
what is the thermohaline circulation?