Global Systems + Solar Energy

Question 1

thin layer of land, water, and air

all life on earth exists here

Answer 1

biosphere

Question 2

three main components of biosphere

Answer 2

1. atmosphere
2. lithosphere
3. hydrosphere

Question 3

gaseous portion of biosphere
mostly nitrogen and oxygen
contains other suspended particulate

Answer 3

atmosphere

Question 4

nitrogen is for …

Answer 4

plants

Question 5

oxygen is needed by … and supplied by …

Answer 5

animals

plants

Question 6

1st layer of atmosphere

Answer 6

troposphere
ground-level layer
all weather phenomena occur here
15 °C

Question 7

2nd layer of atmosphere

Answer 7

stratosphere
contins ozone gas
absorbs UV rays
-60 °C to 0 °C

Question 8

3rd layer of atmosphere

Answer 8

mesosphere
meteors burn up here
0 °C to -100 °C

Question 9

4th layer of atmosphere

Answer 9

thermosphere
almost a vacuum
-100 °C to 3000 °C

Question 10

the land (crust and mantle)

Answer 10

lithosphere

Question 11

outermost layer of geosphere

portion where humans exist

Answer 11

lithosphere

Question 12

all water on Earth

Answer 12

hydrosphere

Question 13

diff names for liquid and frozen water

Answer 13

hydrosphere vs cryosphere

Question 14

do all components of the biosphere continuously interact

Answer 14

yes

Question 15

where does the biosphere get energy from

Answer 15

the Sun through radiation

Question 16

open system

Answer 16

matter and heat/energy escape

through boundary

Question 17

closed system

Answer 17

only heat allowed to escape

Question 18

isolated system

Answer 18

no heat or matter allowed to cross boundary

Question 19

what type of system is earth + why

Answer 19

CLOSED
solar radiation enters, radiant energy leaves
meteorites n spaceships r the exceptions

Question 20

solar energy that reachers Earth in form of light, Uv radiation + some infrared radiation

Answer 20

electromagnetic radiation

Question 21

waves from longest wavelength to shortest length

Answer 21

RMI V UXG

Question 22

shorter wavelengths vs longer wavelengths absorption place in geosphere

Answer 22

shorter - lower atmosphere by water + CO^@

longer - upper atmosphere

Question 23

energy in shorter vs longer wavelengths

Answer 23

shorter - higher

longer - lower

Question 24

how energy distributed on Earth

Answer 24

absorbed in atmosphere - 23%
reflected - 29%
absorbed at surface - 48%

Question 25

diff between incoming radiation and all outgoing radiation

Answer 25

net radiation budget

Question 26

net Rad. Budget. =

Answer 26

Incoming Rad. - Outgoing Rad.

Question 27

ability of surface to reflect energy

Answer 27

albedo

Question 28

dark vs light surfaces in terms of albedo

Answer 28

dark - low albedo

light - high albedo

Question 29

most greenhouse gases in a atmosphere r

Answer 29

CO^2
methane gas (CH^4)