EARTHS LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS

Question 1

What are the 6 carbon stores

Answer 1

pedosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, fossil fuels

Question 2

What is the biosphere?

Answer 2

the store of existing life so flora and fauna

Question 3

what proportion of the stores is the bisophere?

Answer 3

0.0012%

Question 4

what is the pedosphere?

Answer 4

the soil

Question 5

what proportion of the stores is pedosphere?

Answer 5

0.0031

Question 6

what is the hydrosphere?

Answer 6

ocean store

Question 7

what proportion of the stores is the hydropsphere?

Answer 7

0.038%

Question 8

what is the atmosphere?

Answer 8

gases of planet

Question 9

what proportion of the stores is the atmosphere?

Answer 9

0.0017%

Question 10

what are fossil fuels?

Answer 10

the gases that contribute to climate change

Question 11

what proportion of the stores is fossil fuels?

Answer 11

0.004%

Question 12

what is the lithosphere?

Answer 12

the rocks

Question 13

what proportion of the stores is lithisphere

Answer 13

99.9+%

Question 14

what is sedimentary rock?

Answer 14

made up of layers of sediment (e.g. can be made from sea floor)

Question 15

what is ignious rock?

Answer 15

fine formed rock

Question 16

what is a metamorphic rock?

Answer 16

change due to heat and pressure