Rock and Water Cycle
Heated water into gas
Evaporation
List the 3 types of rock
Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metamorphic
Can we take in atmospheric nitrogen?
No
What percent of the energy is transferred up each trophic level?
10%
Geo- means:
Earth
heat or light waves
Radiation
This rock is formed of sand, shells, pebbles, and other fragments
Sedementary
What is 1 example of a carbon sink
Soil or the ocean
The 3 ways that heat transfers are:
Conduction, convection and radiation
Which layer of the Earth's atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
Stratosphere
Melting makes what type of substance?
Magma
Heat and pressure make what type of rock?
Metamorphic
In the carbon cycle, animals can release carbon back into the cycle through __________ or through __________.
cellular respiration or decomposition
The heat that is not transfered up the energy pyramid is "lost" as what?
Heat
Water availability impacts plant growth and animals who depend on plants for food are interactions between the
Hydrosphere and biosphere
Water dripping and traveling through the soil is called
percolation
Cooling makes what type of rock?
Igneous
List the 3 ways CO2 is released back into the atmosphere
Combustion, Respiration, Decomposition
The buildup or collection of toxins in an organism due to absorption or consumption is called:
Bioaccumulation
List the layers of the atmosphere in order from Earth’s surface to space?
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere
Weathering and erosion turn igneous rock, metamorphic rock, and sedimentary rock into:
sediment
Compaction and cementation make what type of rock?
List the 3 types of bacteria in the nitrogen cycle
Nitrifying bacteria, nitrogen-fixing bacteria, denitrifying bacteria
exponential accumulation of toxins at higher levels, where the top predator accumulates the highest amount of toxins
Biomagnification
The Sand Andreas Fault is formed by the ________ type of boundary.
Transform Boundary