Systems In Environmental Science 3.2

Question 1

Feedback Loop

Answer 1

When outputs in a system are routed back as inputs creating a loop or circuit

Question 2

Erosion

Answer 2

The removal of soil by H20, wind, ice or gravity

Question 3

Geosphere

Answer 3

Rocks and everything below the surface

Question 4

Lithosphere

Answer 4

The hard rock on and just below the earth’s surface

Question 5

Biosphere

Answer 5

All living and non living parts of the environment and with which they interact
(The sum of all the ecosystems)

Question 6

Atmosphere

Answer 6

Layers of gases surrounding our planet

Question 7

Hydrosphere

Answer 7

All the water on and below Earth’s surface and in the atmosphere

Question 8

System

Answer 8

A network of parts, elements, or components that interact with and influence one another

Question 9

How are Earth’s spheres defined

Answer 9

Their makeup and location

Question 10

Positive feedback loop

Answer 10

Outputs amplifies the input: destabilizing

Question 11

Negative Feedback Loops

Answer 11

Increase in input leads to decrease in output