Earth as a System

Earth as a System

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Science

9th Grade

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Mike Garnier

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Processes through which Earth's energy and matter pass: water cycle, nitrogen cycle, carbon cycle. Which one is NOT included?

Back

oxygen cycle

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the name of the process by which nitrate is converted to nitrogen gas and returned to the atmosphere?

Back

Denitrification

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which process removes carbon from the atmosphere? Options: Decomposition, Respiration, Photosynthesis, Combustion

Back

Photosynthesis

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the solid portion of the Earth (lithospheric plates, mountains, rocks) called?

Back

Geosphere

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The maintenance of an internal balance or equilibrium within a system refers to ________________.

Back

homeostasis 

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is not a way that carbon can enter the atmosphere?

Back

Photosynthesis

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Each of the earth's subsystem can be studied separately but they are dependent and connected with each other.

Back

True

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