Glossary - Chapter 1

Question 0

Atmosphere

Answer 0

The gases surrounding the Earth. Different layers are characterised by their temperature, density, turbulence and composition

Question 1

Ambient Gases

Answer 1

The surrounding environmental gases that are available to organisms

Question 2

Biosphere

Answer 2

All the living organisms on Earth

Question 3

Enzyme Function

Answer 3

They are biological catalysts

Question 4

Greenhouse Gas

Answer 4

A gas that absorbs infrared radiation and causes atmospheric heating

Question 5

Hydrosphere

Answer 5

All the water in Earth, found in solid, liquid or gaseous form

Question 6

Lithosphere

Answer 6

The relatively hard outer layer if the Earth, consisting if the crust and upper layer if the mantle

Question 7

Photolysis

Answer 7

The reaction of water with sunlight

Question 8

Specific Heat Capacity

Answer 8

The measure of the amount of heat energy needed to heat up a particular mass of a material through a particular temperature rise

Question 9

Thermophilic

Answer 9

Heat-loving, such as the bacteria that live around heat springs and volcanic vents

Question 10

Transpiration

Answer 10

The movement of water through plants. Comes out of the stomata

Question 11

Physiological Function

Answer 11

Any substance that is involved in chemical reactions in a living organism has a physiological function