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Mid-year Exam Review

Mid-year Exam Review. Part 2. The largest reservoir of carbon is found in the atmosphere, hydrosphere or lithosphere?. Lithosphere: sedimentary rocks and fossil fuels. Humans are moving massive amounts of carbon from the ground into the atmosphere by doing what?. Burning Fossil Fuels.

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Mid-year Exam Review

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  1. Mid-year Exam Review Part 2

  2. The largest reservoir of carbon is found in the atmosphere, hydrosphere or lithosphere? Lithosphere: sedimentary rocks and fossil fuels

  3. Humans are moving massive amounts of carbon from the ground into the atmosphere by doing what? Burning Fossil Fuels

  4. Humans are impacting which two chemical cycles by using these substances in fertilizers that runoff into local waterways – causing eutrophication? Nitrogen and Phosphorus

  5. Converting atmospheric nitrogen (N2) into a more usable form is called: Nitrogen Fixation

  6. What two biogeochemical cycles have humans impacted in a way that has lead to acid rain? Nitrogen and Sulfur

  7. Phosphorus does not cycle through the __________________. Atmosphere

  8. What is a natural process by which sulfur goes from the land or ocean into the atmosphere? Volcanoes, Sea Spray, Forest Fires, Dust Storms

  9. Bacteria play a major role in which two biogeochemical cycles? Nitrogen and Sulfur

  10. The loss of water vapor by plants is called: Transpiration

  11. Water percolates down through the soil and rock to become: Groundwater

  12. What percent of incoming solar radiation is reflected back into space? 31%

  13. The ozone layer is found in what part of the atmosphere? Stratosphere

  14. Weather occurs in which part of the atmosphere? Troposphere

  15. The atmosphere is most dense in which layer? Troposphere

  16. Sunlight heats the ground, which heats the air, producing an updraft of less dense, warm air. This is called: Atmospheric Convection

  17. The prevailing winds closest to the equator are called: Trade Winds

  18. Which is more dense – cold water or warm water? Cold Water

  19. El Nino occurs in which ocean? Pacific

  20. Which has more concentrated energy a tornado or a cyclone? Tornado

  21. A giant sea wave caused by an underwater earthquake, volcanic eruption, or landslide is called: Tsunami

  22. Treeless biome in the north with boggy plains covered by lichens and small plants, with very cold winters and extremely short summers: Tundra

  23. Which two biomes are best suited for agriculture: Grasslands Temperate deciduous

  24. Which biome determines seasons by precipitation not temperature? Savannah

  25. Which biome has frequent fires and is also called a Mediterranean climate? Chaparral

  26. True or False: Rain Forests have lots of thick dense green vegetation at the forest floor. False

  27. Larger, more strongly swimming organisms such as fish, turtles and whales are called: Nekton

  28. In the summer, the abrupt temperature change from the cool, dense water on the lake bottom to the warm water closer to the surface is called the: Thermocline

  29. A coastal body or water, partly surrounded by land, with access to the open ocean and a large supply of fresh water form a river is called: An Estuary

  30. The highly productive areas at the edge of a lake are called: Littoral Zones

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