Earths lofe support systems

Question 1

infiltration

Answer 1

permeable and innit ground

Question 2

percolation

Answer 2

deeper into the ground

Question 3

throughfoow

Answer 3

moves through ground to water

Question 4

groundwater flow

Answer 4

through bedding planes and joints and faults in rock

Question 5

transfers in the water cycle

Answer 5

infiltration
percolation
throughfoow
surface run off
groundwater flow

Question 6

outputs of water cycle

Answer 6

evaporation
transpiration
percolation
thermal energy

Question 7

importance of water

Answer 7

doesn’t burn skin
drinkable
enables mixing

Question 8

what is the goldilocks zone

Answer 8

ideal if distance from sun in order for life forms to evolve and thrive
93.4 million miles

Question 9

what does water vapour do

Answer 9

absorb thermal radiation
regulate temp
clouds

Question 10

what are the subsystems

Answer 10

lithosphere
hydrosphere
biosphere
cryosphere
atmosphere

Question 11

flux

Answer 11

rate of energy transfer per unit area

Question 12

water cycle budget

Answer 12

annual volume of water movement (precip)

Question 13

ablation

Answer 13

loss of snow and ice through melting, evaporation and subkimation

Question 14

sublimation

Answer 14

ice to vapiur

Question 15

run off

Answer 15

movement of water accross land

Question 16

what is the process water cycle budget

Answer 16

moisture leaves atmos
water from ablation
run off land to rivers
percolate into aquifer

Question 17

what are examples of fast carbon sinks and pools

Answer 17

plant photosynthesis
respiration
decomposition

Question 18

what are examples of slow carbons sinks and pools

Answer 18

oceans
gas exchange
ocean sediment long term
continental run off

Question 19

what happens when the air is warmer

Answer 19

more vapour

Question 20

what are cumuliform

Answer 20

flat based
vertical development
air rises freely (convection)
dee point

Question 21

what are stratified clouds

Answer 21

later when air mass moves horizontal (advection)
oceans to land

Question 22

what are cirrus clouds

Answer 22

high altitudes
tiny ice crystals
no precip

Question 23

what is fog or mist

Answer 23

condense at ground
temp inversion and clear night
deposit moisture on veg

Question 24

reasons for cloud development

Answer 24

convection condensation
advection condensation
pro graphic condensation
frontal condensation

Question 25

what is convection condensation

Answer 25

vertical movement of air
adiabetic expansion

Question 26

what is advection condensation

Answer 26

air mass moves accross cool from warm (dew point)

Question 27

what is orographic condensation

Answer 27

air masses forced to move over obstacles cools as temp decrease

Question 28

what is frontal condensation

Answer 28

warm air mass forces to rise over colder air mass

Question 29

what is a lapse rate

Answer 29

rate of change in temperature observed while increasing altitude

Question 30

what is an environmental lapse rate

Answer 30

vertical temp profile
temp decrease with time
6.5C less on average every km

Question 31

what are the types of asia attic lapse rates

Answer 31

dry and saturated

Question 32

what is dry adiabatic lapse rate

Answer 32

dry air cooling rapid condensation 10C every km

Question 33

what is saturated adiabatic lapse rate

Answer 33

rate at which saturated air cools
7C less than DLAR

Question 34

when is the atmosphere unstable

Answer 34

ELR >DALR (air parcel cool faster than environment)
cumulonimbus clouds keep rising