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Marilin S A1 ESPS
Question | Answer |
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what is a system | Set of connected thing or parts forming a complex whole |
what is energy | strength required for sustained physical or mental activity |
what is matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
what is the main source of external energy for earth | the sun |
what is an open system | system that can freely exchange matter |
what is a closed system | system that cannot exchange matter |
why is earth essentially a closed system | things can come in but not out |
how dos hydrosphere interact with geosphere | water does erodes the dirt |
two laws of thermodynamics | energy cannot be created or destroyed, entropy of any isolated system always increases |
persentage of atmosphere is nitrogen | 78% |
How much of the earth is covered in salt water? | 71% |
How much of the earth is covered in freshwater? | 2.5% |
what is hydrosphere | clouds |
what is cyrosphere | rocks |
what is nitrogen fixation | atmospheric nitrogen is assimilated into organic compounds |
what is denitrification | loos or removal of nitrogen or nitrogen compounds |
what point of the mantle is the coolest | lithosphere |
what point of the mantle is the hottest | core |
condensation | water that collects as droplets ona cold surfacewhen humid air is in contact with it |
precipitation | rain snow sleet hail |
freezing | something that is liquid that turns into solid |
evaporation | water turning into vapor |
what is water plolar | uneven distribution of electron density |
cohesion | Aciton or fact of forming a united whole |
adhesion | tendency of dissimilar particles or surface |