Life in Earth Systems Review

Define hydrosphere

• Life on earth
• Gas surrounding earth
• Water on earth
• The solid crust and semi fluid mantle of the earth

A set of interacting components or parts working together is known as...

• System

• Biology

• Model

• A single non-living object

Which of the following is NOT a component or characteristic of a system?

• Can be living or non-living

• Can have inputs or outputs

• Can be disorganized

• Has some control over their internal environment

True or False: A living system can have non-living parts.

• True

• False

A system must have inputs/outputs, which of the following is not an example of an input or output in a system?

• Cells

• Information

• Energy

• Matter

Which type of system has limited flow in some way?

• Open

• Closed

• Isolated

• None of them

Which of the following models shows ideas?

• Physical

• Mathematical

• Simulations

• Conceptual

Which of the following models shows equations?

• Physical

• Mathematical

• Simulations

• Conceptual

Which of the following models can be physically manipulated?

• Physical

• Mathematical

• Simulations

• Conceptual

Which of the following models are computer animations?

• Physical

• Mathematical

• Simulations

• Conceptual