Earth Systems Flashcards
Earth's Spheres, Food Webs/Chains
Abiotic
Non-living things in the environment.
Atmosphere
The envelope of gasses that surround the Earth.
Bio
Means life, or living.
Biosphere
Sum of all ecosystems on Earth.
Biotic
Living thins in the environment.
Crust
Made up of valleys, trenches, mountains and volcanoes, and composed of tectonic plates.
Cryosphere
Solid form of water, includes glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets and icebergs.
Greenhouse Gas
- Carbon Dioxide
- Methane
- Nitrous Oxide
- Ozone
Groundwater
Water that is found underground.
Lithosphere
The solid, outer part of the Earth, including the crust and upper mantle.
Mesosphere
Where meteors are found.
Salinity
Salinity is the saltiness or amount of salt dissolved in a body of water, called saline water
Stratosphere
Composed of ozone
Tectonic Plate
Large sections of the Earth’s crust that shift over time.
Turbidity
Particles in the water.