Earth System Flashcards
Systems:
Atmosphere, Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere
Atmosphere composition
78%nitrogen
21%oxygen
0.9%argon
colorless odorless and slightly soluble in water important in protein and nucleic acid
nitrogen
important in respiration and process pf combustion
oxygen
colorless odorless and slightly heavier than air
argon
act as a blanket to keep the earth warm
carbon dioxide
lightest noble gas
helium
most abundant noble gas
krypton
use for filling light bulbs
neon
poisonous if breath in large amountz attract oxygen to make water
hydrogen
heaviest noble gas
xenon
shield from harmful rays
ozone
odorless colorless and burns in slightly bluish flame
methane
also known as laughing gas
nitrous oxide
use in the formationnof cloud
water vapour
basic component of fog and smog
dust
known by the trade name freon. they convert ozone to oxygen
chlorofluorocarbons or halocarbon
who popularized biosphere
Vladimir Vernadsky
five components of mineral
color, luster, streaks, cleavage and fracture, and hardness
rocks that came from a magma
igneous
-intrusive-crystallization
-extrusive-solidification
sendiments referring to the materials that settle out of air or water can produce by chemical rwction called precipitation
sendimentary
-chemical-evaporate
-organic
-fragmental
metamorphism is a mineralogical chemical and structural and textural adjustmentbof solid rocks without melting to temperature and pressure are called _____
metamorphic
classification of metamorphic rocks
foliated - pattern fracture
non foliated - no pattern fracture
Oldest rock
Acasta Gneiss
rock cycle
magma. crystallization-intrusive:solidification-extrusive.uplift and exposure. weathering. transportation. deposition. sendiments. lithification. sedimentary rocks. metamorphism. metamorphic rocks. melting. magma
