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The Lithosphere Flashcards

1
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What’s the lithosphere?

A

The hard shell of the Earth, (crust and the top of the upper mantle).

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What does the lithosphere contain?

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Minerals.

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What are minerals and where do they come from?

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They’re inorganic substances, (not living) that come from the Earth.

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What are the 2 types of minerals?

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  1. Idiochromatic

2. Allochromatic

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What is idiochromatic?

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If rubbed across unglazed porcelain, it will leave a dark coloured streak, (might make a different colour than the mineral).

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What is allochromatic?

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If rubbed across unglazed porcelain, it will leave a light coloured streak, regardless of the mineral colour.

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7
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What’s the mineral classification?

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1.Transparent to 2.Translucent to 3.Opaque

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What does translucent mean?

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Light passes through at some places.

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9
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What’s hardness?

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Resistance to being scratched.

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What do we use to locate and extract minerals?

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Mining.

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What is ore?

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Rock and mineral.

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12
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What is soil created through?

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The process of erosion of the parent rock.

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What are soil horizons?

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Layers of soil.

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Classify the different soil horizons in order from the grass to the inner part of the soil.

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  1. Organic materials
  2. Top Soil
  3. Subsoil
  4. Weathered or decomposed rock
  5. Solid rock
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What’s organic materials/matter?

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It contains humus, (decomposing plant/animal residue)

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What’s topsoil?

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A mix of humus and minerals.

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What’s subsoil?

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Small minerals, (trees get nutrients from this layer).

18
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What’s weathered or decomposed rock/fragmented parent rock?

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Disintegrated parent rock

19
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What’s solid rock/unaltered parent rock?

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The starting point of soil.

20
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What 4 things alter soil?

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  1. Oxidation, (decomposers/worms)
  2. Neutralization
  3. Decomposition
  4. Contaminants
21
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SOIL BUFFERING CAPACITY: What is soil able to limit?

A

pH variations

22
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SOIL BUFFERING CAPACITY: What 3 things does soil need to support plant life?

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  1. Enough minerals
  2. Enough moisture
  3. An appropriate pH level, (usually 7) for the types of producers
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SOIL BUFFERING CAPACITY: What happens when the soil is finer/filtered?

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It has a higher resistance to changes in the pH when acids and bases are added to it.

24
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Where does acid rain come from?

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From emission SOx and NOx.

25
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What will often acidify soil with low buffering capacity? And why?

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Acid rain because it destroys nutrients and kills decomposers which are needed for nutrient recycling.

26
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What’s permafrost?

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A layer of permanently frosted soil, (has been 0 degrees Celsius or lower for over 2 years).

27
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What are 3 consequences of permafrost thawing?

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  1. Loss of infrastructure
  2. Landslides
  3. Release of stored carbon as CO2, (contributes to global warming!!!)
28
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What are 3 energy resources?

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  1. Fossil Fuels
  2. Plutonium, (Uranium/Nuclear Energy)
  3. Geothermal Energy
29
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How much of the world’s electricity is produced by fossil fuels?

A

2/3

30
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How are oil and natural gas formed?

A

Small marine animals and dead algae that were covered with silt, sand, and minerals.

31
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How is coal formed?

A

It’s formed by terrestrial swamps being buried, then were compressed by silt and sand.

32
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What advantage is there to fossil fuels?

A

Lots of energy

33
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What 2 disadvantages are there to fossil fuels?

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  1. Polluting

2. Non renewable

34
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What energy emits from uranium?

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Fission, (splitting the atoms)

35
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What advantage is there to plutonium?

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It burns clear.

36
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What 2 disadvantages are there to plutonium?

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  1. Non renewable

2. Waste is radioactive

37
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How is geothermal energy formed?

A

Water which is deep underground will heat from the Earth’s internal heat which will then raise the water back to the surface.

38
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What do we do with the heated water that raises to the surface?

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We transform it into electrical energy or we use it directly to heat/

39
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What 2 advantages are there to geothermal energy?

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  1. Renewable

2. Clean, (no pollutants/emissions)

40
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What 2 disadvantages are there to geothermal energy?

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  1. Small disruption

2. Only useful if we have thermal/volcanic

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