Exam 1

Question 1

atmosphere thickness

Answer 1

1% of planet

Question 2

how does the planet establish temp?

Answer 2

absorbing radiation and emitting longwave radiation

Question 3

why does the troposphere mix vigorously

Answer 3

temp decreases with elevation. hot air rises and cool air descends

Question 4

what makes a greenhouse gas?

Answer 4

absorption of longwave radiation and a long atmospheric lifetime

Question 5

define sustainability

Answer 5

not being harmful to the environment

Question 6

common chemical elements in environment?

Answer 6

Argon

Question 7

IPAT stand for

Answer 7

I=Impact
P=Population
A=Affluence(GDP)
T=Technology

Question 8

who were Thomas Malthus and Paul Erhlich

Answer 8

Argued that population would outpace food production

Question 9

who were Rachel Carson and Barry Commoner

Answer 9

Argued that the nature of our technology is the main cause of environmental degradation

Question 10

Has been increasing by 1-2% per year

Answer 10

world population

Question 11

Has been decreasing by 1-2% per year,

Answer 11

Amount of energy used per unit of economic output

Question 12

Has been increasing by 3-5% per year

Answer 12

affluence per person

Question 13

is growing rapidly and is related to environmental problems we face

Answer 13

population

Question 14

the breakup of areas where organisms live

Answer 14

habitat fragmentation

Question 15

Converging plates

Answer 15

earthquakes, >

Question 16

A metamorphic rock can be created from a pre-existing sedimentary or igneous rock, or for that matter from a pre-existing metamorphic rock b. At great depth, metamorphic rocks will melt and eventually become igneous rocks c. Sediments get buried and lithified – what is that? Yeah, a sedimentary rock.

Answer 16

rock cycle

Question 17

when does Earth receive incoming solar radiation

Answer 17

June 21, north latitude 23.5 degrees

Question 18

how did the plastic bag rise?

Answer 18

increasing kinetic energy of air molecules in bag

Question 19

warmest ocean water year round

Answer 19

equator

Question 20

Sinking air and most focused (least spread out) insolation footprint
on June 21

Answer 20

30 degrees N latitude

Question 21

Sinking air and most focused insolation footprint on December 21

Answer 21

30 degrees S latitude

Question 22

Rising air with the least moisture

Answer 22

60 degrees N latitude

Question 23

Coldest air

Answer 23

90 degrees N latitude

Question 24

what are plates in plate tectonics driven by?

Answer 24

thermal convection in the asthenosphere

Question 25

mild earthquakes

Answer 25

divergent

Question 26

pates moving down and up past eachother

Answer 26

transform

Question 27

uncovering errors in scientific observations

Answer 27

pathological science

Question 28

think your doing science

Answer 28

pseudoscience

Question 29

very little evidence to support, science said to fool people

Answer 29

junk science

Question 30

independent acts that can screw EVERYONE over in the longrun

Answer 30

tragedy of the commons

Question 31

Outermost layer of Earth, formed by outgassing of Earth’s interior

Answer 31

atmosphere

Question 32

troposphere
startosphere
mesosphere

Answer 32

mes- middle
strat-middle of these two
trop-bottom

Question 33

warms the planet to the more moderate climate that we have today

Answer 33

greenhouse effect

Question 34

A change occurs; the planet’s systems respond; the change becomes larger, and the system may spiral out of contro

Answer 34

Positive feedback

Question 35

A change occurs; the planet’s systems respond; the change becomes smaller, and the system returns

Answer 35

Negative feedback

Question 36

ex: football
an effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force (the Coriolis force ) acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation

Answer 36

coriolis effect