Global Systems Quiz One Flashcards by Maria Hana

Systems

The object or group of objects that scientists wish to study

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Surroundings

Everything other than the system

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Open System

Matter and energy can leave

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Closed system

Only energy can leave not matter.

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Isolated System

Nothing can leave the system

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Biosphere

The layer that all living things are on. Has three components

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Lithosphere

Layer of the biosphere
Has the continental crust and ocean bottom

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Hydrosphere

Layer in the biosphere
Includes all the water in the Earths surface and includes all the clouds.

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Atmosphere

A mixture of nitrogen and oxygen
78% Nitrogen
21% Oxygen
1% Other

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Net Radiation of Earth

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Radiation

Energy transfer emitted electromagnetics

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Solar Energy

Is absorbed, reflected and scattered and is eventually all sent to space

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Albedo

How reflective a substance is

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Low Albedo

Concrete

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High Albedo

Snow

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Poles and radiation

Poles of Earth have different radiation budgets are different than equator.
Near the poles is cold

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Greenhouse gases

Absorb radiaton to keep the Earth at a living temepture. Without it the Earth would be -19.

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Climate

Long term

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Weather

Short term

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Angle of inclination

23.5

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Isolation

Determines the amount of sun recived be each region
Determines the length of each day and night.

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June

The northern hemisphere is pointed towards the sun

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December

The northern hemisphere is pointed away from the sun

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Solstice

Times during the year when the poles are the furthest away from the sun

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Equinox

Day and night are equal length

The three layers of the biosphere

Lithosphere Hydrosphere Atmosphere

Specific heat capacity

The amount of heat required to raise an objects heat up one Celsius. Sees how much heat an object can absorb

Phase changes

Changing between states

Condensation

Gas to liquid

Vaporization

Liquid to gas

Melting

Solid to liquid

Sublimation

Solid to gas

Deposition

Gas to solid

Phase change calculations

Determine the amounts of energy released when changing states

Heat of fusion

The heat capacity from solid to liquid

Heat of vaporization

From liquid to gas

Heating curve of water

0 ice melts 100 water boils

Outer layers of Earth

Troposphere Stratopshere Mesosphere Thermosphere

Conduction

Direct contact with something hot

Convection

Heat transfer since molecules are moving quick

Radiation

Transfer of heat through wavelengths

The three energy transfers of heating air

Radiation Convection Conduction

Solar radiation on Venus

Trapped inside the atmosphere since the atmosphere is so thick

Solar radiation on Mars

The atmosphere is so thin the radiation escapes

Solar radiation on Earth

There is a balence in the energy recived and lost

Hydrologic Cycle

How water moves around

Transperation

Water leaving from trees and going to the sky

Condensation

Cloud getting ready to rain

Precipitation

Starting to rain

Evaporation

Water from oceans going up the sky The transpiration of the ocean

What is the albedo of water

Low

How much do oceans absorb the suns energy

90%

Volume of the ocean

70% and has lots of volume

Gulf stream

Warm currents going upward from the carribean and up to the US and Canada

Coriolis effect

When convection currents or any moving objects tend to veer sideways

Jet streams

Fast moving air above the Earths surface

Climatograph

Graph about data for the reccent climate

What are the six biomes

Tundra Taiga Desert Grassland Deciduos forest Tropical rainforest

Adaptation

Is a characteristic that enables and organizum to survive better

Three types of adaptations

Behavioral Physcial Structural

Physiological adaptations

Occor inside an organizum

Structural adaptations

Physcial features of an organizum

Behavioral adaptations

Behaviors an organizum gains

Tundra

Winters are very long and summer is short Is the coldest possible and closest to the poles

Taiga

Winters are long but summer is long too and the ground completely thaws Second coldest

Deciduous forest

Has four distinct seasons and the heavy snow eventually melts

Grassland

Dry season and rain is rare

Rainforest

rain falls almost every day The tempeture rarely changes

Desert

Driest and rain is rare

What type of system is a biome

Open

How much has global tempetures risen in the last decade

0.6 degrees

Enhanced greenhouse effect

Is when as humans we further polute the atomosphere further unaturally.

Carbon stink

Is a major source of carbon/ resivior (Oceans)

How does deforestation effect carbon dioxide

Trees naturally have carbon dioxide inside them stored and once they are cut he carbon dioxide goes to the enviroment.

What does albedo do in climate change

Icecaps for example have very high albedo and as a result reflect lots of incoming radiation reflects off and goes into the atmosphere.