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What are the four major sub-systems of the Earth system? - Answer-the Atmosphere, the Biosphere, the Hydrosphere, and the Lithosphere Arranged from lowest to highest elevation above the ground (the Earth's surface), the temperature layers of the atmosphere are - Answer-the Troposhpere, the Strat...

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Earth System Science Study Guide
Exam Questions and Answers
What are the four major sub-systems of the Earth system? - Answer-the Atmosphere,
the Biosphere, the Hydrosphere, and the Lithosphere

Arranged from lowest to highest elevation above the ground (the Earth's surface), the
temperature layers of the atmosphere are - Answer-the Troposhpere, the Stratosphere,
the Mesosphere, and the Thermosphere

open system - Answer-both matter and energy can enter and exit the system

This type of location uses a coordinate system such as latitude and longitude to
precisely identify the position of a feature on the Earth's surface - Answer-Absolute
location.

sea breezes? - Answer-decrease temperatures on land
AND
warm air over land rises, and is replaced by cooler air from the ocean

Isolines - Answer-used to represent Continuous data only
Lines connecting points of equal value on a map

The two gasses that account for the majority of Earth's atmosphere are - Answer-
Oxygen (21 %) and Nitrogen (78 %)

small scale map - Answer-shows a larger area in less detail

normal lapse rate - Answer-6.5 degrees Celsius per 1000m

June solstice - Answer-about June 21st, sun strikes Tropic of Cancer at 23.5 degrees
North

September equinox - Answer-about Sept 22, sun strikes equator

December Solstice - Answer-about December 21st, sun strikes Tropic of Capricorn at
23.5 degrees S

March Equinox - Answer-about March 20, sun strikes equator

shape of earth - Answer-oblate spheroid

negative feedback - Answer-stabilization
System inputs and outputs counteract each other

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