________ provides heat in an ongoing way throughout the Earth and keeps the Earth much warmer than it would have been had it simply been cooling over time.
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supply food
Ecosystems ________, fuel, oxygen, and nutrients needed to sustain life.
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Lord Kelvin
________ tried to apply science in discovering the age of the Earth by trying to determine the cooling of a molten ball the size of Earth to current temperatures.
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Ecosystems
________ provide services such as climate regulation, the cycling and purification of water, and the development and maintenance of soil all needed to maintain the biosphere.
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solid earth
Geosphere: the ________ and loose debris on top.
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energy
The sun provides the majority of the ________ that runs processes on the surface.
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Heat flow
________ from the Earths core is measured in microwatts /meter².
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solar radiation
Incoming ________ at the surface of the earth is 240 watts /meter².
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Feedbacks
________ are changes that can increase or decrease the original change and be unpredictable and /or irreversible.
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Feedback loops
________ are a system where some portion or all of the produced by the system returns as output.
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Earth
________ loses mass through the escape of gasses into space.
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Earth gains
________ and loses energy through incoming radiation from the sun, heat loss into space, and gravitational forces from the sun, moon, and planets.
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Ecosystems
________ are regions where organisms actively interact with each other and their environments.
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solar radiation
The sun provides 340 watts /meter² at the edge of the atmosphere of incoming ________.
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Earth gains
________ mass from impacts of meteorites and comets.
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Earth
________ operates as a system of interconnected spheres.
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Biosphere
all living things
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Hydrosphere
all forms of water
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Geosphere
the solid earth and loose debris on top
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Atmosphere
all gasses
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The Earths internal source comes from 2 sources
the cooling of this original molten earth, and radioactive decay
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Earth's external energy source is
the sun
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Earth's internal energy source is
Earth's core
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The sun provides how much incoming solar radiation at the edge of the atmosphere?
340 watts/meter²
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The sun provides how much incoming solar radiation to the surface of the Earth?
240 watts/meter²
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Heat flow from the Earth’s core is measured in
microwatts/meter²
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The effects of the heat flow from Earth's core are that it
runs all plate tectonic movements, including volcanos, earthquakes, mountain building, and basin formation
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Lord Kelvin tried to apply science in discovering the age of the Earth by
trying to determine the cooling of a molten ball the size of Earth to current temperatures
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Earth’s processes are the result of
energy flowing and mass cycling within and between Earth’s systems
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True or false: Carbon in large amounts constantly cycles within Earth’s systems
True
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Earth gains and loses energy through
incoming radiation from the sun, heat loss into space, and gravitational forces from the sun, moon, and planets
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Earth gains mass from
impacts of meteorites and comets
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Earth loses mass through
the escape of gasses into space
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Ecosystems are regions where organisms
actively interact with each other and their environments
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Ecosystems supply
food, fuel, oxygen, and nutrients needed to sustain life
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Ecosystems provide services such as
climate regulation, the cycling and purification of water, and the development and maintenance of soil all needed to maintain the biosphere
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Geoscience
is the study of the Earth’s complex systems and how Earth systems interact with each other and society.
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