AP Environmental Unit 4: Earth's Systems and Resources
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Nitrogen, Oxygen, Trace Gasses
What are the three gas portions of the atmosphere?
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78%
What percent of the atmosphere is Nitrogen?
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21%
What percent of the atmosphere is Oxygen?
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1%
What percent of the atmosphere is Trace Gasses?
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Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere
What are the layers of the atmosphere in order from bottom to top?
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Decrease
Does temperature increase or decrease in the troposphere?
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Increase
Does temperature increase or decrease in the stratosphere?
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Decrease
Does temperature increase or decrease in the mesosphere?
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Increase
Does temperature increase or decrease in the thermosphere?
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Winds are affected by the earth’s spinning
What is the coriolis effect?
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West
Which way does the wind blow in the space between 90° and 60°?
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East
Which way does the wind blow in the space between 60° and 30°?
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West
Which way does the wind blow in the space between 30° and 0°?
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Polar, Ferrell, Hadley
From top to bottom, what are the cells of wind called?
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Horse Latitude
What is the 30° mark also known as?
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Doldrum
What is the 0° mark also known as?
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Peaceful
The doldrum and horse latitudes are ____.
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High
There is ____ pressure at the horse latitudes.
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Low
There is ____ pressure at the doldrum.
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Rises, Falls
In a convection current, warm, moist air ____ and cool, dry air ____.
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Towards, Away
In the inversion lakers, warm air blows ____ the sea, and cool air blows ____ the sea.
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Solar Energy
What is the main energy source responsible for Earth’s seasons?
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The tilt
What is the reason for the seasons?
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Polar, Temperate, Tropical
From top to bottom, what is the order of climate types?
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Stratosphere
Where is the ozone layer found?
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Stratosphere
Ozone in the ____ is “good”.
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Troposphere
Ozone in the ____ is “bad”.
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Troposphere
Where does the weather occur?
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Thermosphere
What layer of the atmosphere absorbs harmful UV?
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Elevation, Logitudes, Bodies of Water, Land Masses, and Ocean Currents
What are the 5 temperature factors?
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Land Masses, Bodies of Water, Latitude
What are the 3 precipitation factors?
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Colder
As elevation increases the ______ it becomes.
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Warmer
As you move closer to the equator the ______ it becomes.
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Smaller
Large bodies of water cause ____ ranges of temperature.
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Larger
Larger land masses cause _____ ranges of temperature.
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Cool, Warm
Windward sides of mountains are ____ and leeward sized are ____.
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Warm, Cool
Ocean currents ____ eastern coastal areas and ____ western ones.
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Dry
Large land masses cause ___ climates.
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High
Large bodies of water cause ____ precipitation.
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High, Low
Windward sides of mountains have ____ precipitation, and leeward sides have ____.
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High
Low pressure causes ____ precipitation.
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Descending
Deserts are caused by _____ dry air.
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Suppresses
El Nino _________ welling.
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Rises
During El Nino, sea surface temperature _____.
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Warm and Wet
El Nino causes the eastern pacific climate to be ____ and ____.
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Cool and Dry
El Nino causes the western pacific climate to be ____ and ____.
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Reversing or Weakening
El Nino is caused by the ______ or ______ of winds.
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Cold and Dry
La Nina causes the eastern pacific climate to be ____ and ____.
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Warm and Wet
La Nina causes the western pacific climate to be ____ and ____.
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Strengthening
La Nina is caused by the _______ of winds.
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Convergent
Which plates collide?
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Divergent
Which plates pull apart?
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Transform
Which plates slide past each other?
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O, A, E, B, C, R
What are the soil layers?
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Porosity
What term refers to how much water can be absorbed?
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Permeability
What term refers to how much water can pass through?
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Loam
What is the best soil type?
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Clay
What soil has the greatest porosity?
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Sand
What soil has the greatest permeability?
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Temperature and Moisture
What climate factors impact soil erosion?
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Water basin
What is a watershed?
