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Introduction to ES
Marchesin-vths-intro to es vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How is astonomy useful? | It studies the universe by probing the origins of our own environment. |
| What does the atmorsphere do? | It gives life by surrounding Earth with a gaseous envelope. |
| What does the biosphere include? | It includes all life near the surface of Earth. |
| What is a closed system? | It is a system that allows energy to move freely in and out of it, but the matter is self- contained. |
| What is one of the three principle regions within Solid Earth? | The ocre which is a dense inner sphere within the Earth. |
| What is the outer layer of Earth? | It is the crust which is very thin and light. |
| Does the topic Earth Science change? | Yes because our planet changes constantly. |
| What does Earth System Science focus on? | It focuses on the small subsystems of Earth, instead one broad category. |
| What does environment refer to? | It refers to everything that surrounds and influences an organism. |
| What two ares is geology divided into? | Physical and historical geology |
| What is the cycle of the hydrosphere? | It is constantly moving when it evaporates from the ocean to the atmosphere, then it percipitates onto the land, and then it runs back into the ocean again. |
| What is a hypothesis? | It is a untested explanation. |
| What does the lithosphere contain? | It contains the crust and the upper most mantle. |
| Where is the mantle located? | It is located in the Solid Earth portion inbetween the core and the crust. |
| What is meteorolgy the study of? | It is the study of the atmosphere and the process that produces weather and climate. |
| What is a model compared to? | A model is compared to a hypothesis and a scientifc theory. |
| What does the nebular hypothesis state? | It states that the bodies of our solar systme came from a rotating cloud composed mostly of hydrogen and helium with some other heavy elements. |
| What do negative feedback mechanisms do? | They maintain our bodies to keep them as they are. |
| How long do nonrenewable resources take to form? | Usaually millions of years for a significant amount. |
| What does the study of oceanography include? | It inclide the study of the composition and movements of seawater, along with marine life and coastal processes. |
| What are open systems? | They are most natural systems and they allow energy and matter to flow in and out of them. |
| What do paradigms explain? | They explain broad aspects of life theat are related to eachother. |
| What does the category physical environment contain? | It contains water, air, soil, and rock,and other conditions like humidity, sunlight, and temperature. |
| What are positive feedback mechanisms? | They are mechanisms that drive change in your body. |
| What are some renewable resources? | Some of those resources are plants, animals, clothing fibers, and energy from flowing water, wind, and sunlight. |
| What is a system? | A system is any sizegroup of interacting parts that form a complex whole. |
| What is a theory? | It is a well tested hypothesis that is widely accepted. |
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