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Earth System Science Final Exam | Questions & Answers (100% Verified) Earth System Science Final Exam | Questions & Answers (100% Verified) The Viking settlements in Greenland were: - ANSWER - C. adversely affected by the Little Ice Age Which of the following diagrams represents relationships between variables that have an unstable equilibrium point? - ANSWER - The Right hand Graph Earth System Science is characterized by: - ANSWER - A. multidisciplinary approaches B. more integrative...

What is meant by a store and a flow? - A store is where water is held for varying amounts of 'residence' time. A flow is the movement of water between stores Identify the three largest stores in size order - 1. The oceans 2. Icecaps and glaciers 3. Groundwater Which two water stores are non-renewable, and why? - 1. Fossil water: old, deep groundwater from former wetter periods 2. Losses from the cryosphere: melting of ice as a result of global warming Distinguish between blue and green w...

What are stores? - Reservoir where water is held, such as the oceans What are fluxes? - The rate of flow between the stores What are processes? - The physical mechanisms that drive the fluxes of water between stores What is a closed system? - >Fixed amount of water with no external inputs or outputs >Water is continually circulated >The amount of global water is finite and constant >State in which water exists changes (liquid, vapour, ice) and proportions of global water held i...

Climate The long-term pattern of weather in a particular area. Five major components of a a climates system. The atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the cryosphere, the lithosphere, and the biosphere. Atmosphere Layers of gases surrounding a planet or other celestial body. Hydrosphere All the Earth's water in the ground, on the surface, and in the air. Cryosphere Icy part of the Earth's water including icebergs, glaciers, and ice caps. Lithosphere The solid, outer part of Ea...

What is the water cycle? - The cycle operates in a variety of spacial scales where physical processes control the circulation of water between stores on land, oceans, the cryosphere and the atmosphere. It works as a closed system with inputs (rainwater), outputs, stores and gravitational potential energy. It begins with evaporation where water vapour from the ocean is lifted and condensed in the atmosphere to form clouds. Moisture is then transported around the globe and returns to the sur...

THE WATER CYCLE AND WATER INSECRITY EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS [GRADED A+] ACTUAL EXAM 100% What is meant by a store and a flow? - ANS---A store is where water is held for varying amounts of 'residence' time. A flow is the movement of water between stores Identify the three largest stores in size order - ANS---1. The oceans 2. Icecaps and glaciers 3. Groundwater Which two water stores are non-renewable, and why? - ANS---1. Fossil water: old, deep groundwater from former wet...

composition of atomosphere correct answers 78% N2, 21 % O2, trace gases fixed trace gases of the atmosphere correct answers argon, carbon dioxide, neon, helium, hydrogen, and xenon variable trace gases of the atmosphere correct answers water vapour, pollutants troposphere correct answers 0-17 km above Earth's surface, site of weather, organisms, contains most atmospheric water vapor. (temperature decreases with increasing altitude, pressure decreases) stratosphere correct answers 2n...

Mantle : Is not liquid, but ductile or plastic, which means that some parts can flow under certain conditions and changes in pressure. Composed mainly of aluminum and silicates Crust : The outermost solid layer of earth. It is the lithosphere. Core : The innermost layers of the Earth. Mainly composed of nickel and iron Inner Core : Solid. Temperatures and pressures are extreme. Outer Core : A layer of liquid iron and nickel beneath the mesosphere. The only layer of Earth that is a...

Global Hydrological Cycle -Answer Circulation of water around the earth How is the Global Hydrological Cycle a closed system? -Answer No external inputs or outputs. The amount of global water is finite and constant. Open system -Answer Receives inputs from and transfers outputs of energy and matter to other systems Sources that drive the Global Hydrological Cycle (2) -Answer Solar energy (in the form of heat) Gravitational Potential Energy (precipitation falls to the ...

Define carbon cycle - ANSWER-The complex processes that carbon undergoes as it is transferred from organic carbon to inorganic carbon and back again 4 major stores of carbon - ANSWER-• Hydrosphere • Cryosphere • Lithosphere • Atmosphere carbon sink - ANSWER-A store of carbon where the input is greater than the output carbon source - ANSWER-A store of carbon where the amount of carbon leaving the output is greater than the input transfers - ANSWER-The inputs and outputs that affe...