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Primary porosity ~ - originally formed with the material, voids in sediment Secondary porosity ~ developed after rock formation; fracturing, faulting, dissolution (fractures in granite, caverns in limestone) Factors influencing the storage and movement of groundwater ~ - Aquitard: An imperme...

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Life Cycle Engineering is


✓✓✓✓~ an approach to product design and manufacturing that takes into account the entire
product life cycle from beginning to end




4 Spheres of Earth


✓✓✓✓~ - Geosphere (includes lithosphere)

- Atmosphere


- Hydrosphere


- Biosphere




layers of the geosphere


✓✓✓✓~ Crust, Lithosphere, Upper mantle, Lower mantle, Outer core, Inner core




The hydrosphere


✓✓✓✓~ - all the water on and within earth

- 0.023% Earth's mass

,- 71% Earth's surface


- Mostly formed in Hadeon Eon (just after crust solidified & Earth cooled

enough, most water came from either degassing of rocks coming to surface

from molten interior or from comets)


- Mostly ocean water (97.2%)




The main driver of erosion is


✓✓✓✓~ water... groundwater gets heated (magma chamber) and moves through picking up
minerals and brings them to surface




Most of the Earth's fresh water is in the form of


✓✓✓✓~ Glaciers and groundwater




Water resources (other than surface water) are ____


✓✓✓✓~ not renewable in time frames we talk ab and time frames of human consumption




The ozone layer blocks


✓✓✓✓~ deadly UV rays and makes life possible on the surface of the Earth




Weather occurs in the

,✓✓✓✓~ atmosphere




Movement of the atmosphere is driven by


✓✓✓✓~ the sun's energy




Local turbulence is driven by


✓✓✓✓~ heat exchange with water and land




Rainforests, desert, tundra, temperate zones are consequences of


✓✓✓✓~ solar radiation and atmospheric convection




Major climate control results from


✓✓✓✓~ interaction with the hydrosphere (ocean temps & currents)




The biosphere is mostly


✓✓✓✓~ plants, then bacteria




Humans are the first animals to


✓✓✓✓~ globally impact our planet

, Earth's system is powered by


✓✓✓✓~ energy from the sun and heat from Earth's interior




The crust is ____ and constantly ____


✓✓✓✓~ dynamic, changing




Lithification


✓✓✓✓~ The process that converts sediments into solid rock by compaction or cementation.




The crust is ____ to ____ thick below oceans and ___ to ____ thick on the

continents


✓✓✓✓~ The crust is 5 to 20 km thick below oceans and 30 to 70 km thick on the continents




The crust is composed mainly of


✓✓✓✓~ oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, calcium, magnesium, potassium, and many other
elements in small amounts




Sediment can be created from


✓✓✓✓~ - weathering, transport, deposition of igneous rock

- uplift, weathering, transport, deposition of sedimentary or metamorphic rock

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