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30 Cards in this Set
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CO2 (g) + O2 (g) -> (CH20) + O2 (g)
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Photosynthesis Equation
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CO2(g) + O2 (g) + 2H2S -> CH2O + 4S + 3H2O
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Chemosynthesis Equation
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Habitable Zone
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Free Liquid Water
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An organism that can tolerate or requires environmental conditions considered extreme to people
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Extremophile
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The process undertaken by organisms to build their own organic material from CO2 and H2O
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Photosynthesis
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Energy reaching the Earth 1370 watts per m2
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Solar Flux
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The fraction of incoming solar radiation that is reflected from a surface
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Albedo
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Eccentricity
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110,000 years
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Tilt
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40,000 years
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Precession
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22,000 years
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The point on an orbit that lies closest to the sun
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Perihelion
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The point on an orbit that lies furthest from the sun
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Aphelion
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Earth's energy budget
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100 units solar energy
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5 gases which absorb outgoing UV radiation
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-Ozone
-Water vapor -Carbon dioxide -Nitrous oxide -Methane |
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The place where the wind systems of two hemispheres meet
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ITCZ (Inter tropical convergence zone)
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A permanent, closed, large-scale circulation of water in an ocean basin
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Gyre
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Western boundary current in the North Atlantic
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Gulf Stream
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Carbonate minerals in rocks size
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40 million x 10^12 kg
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Organic matter in rocks size
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10 million x 10^12 kg
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Deep ocean size
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38,000 x 10^12 kg
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Surface ocean size
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1,000 x 10^12 kg
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Atmosphere size
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760 x 10^12 kg
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Living Plant Biomass on land size
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560 x 10^12 kg
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Nitrogen, Prosperous, Potassium, Sulfur, Magnesium, Calcium
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Macro Mineral Nutrients
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Barron, Copper, Iron, Chlorine, Iodine, Manganese, Molybdenum, Telenium, Zinc
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Micro Mineral Nutrients
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Reservoir/Living Land Plants Flux
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Residence Time
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Units of carbon cycle
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10^12 kgc
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Units for primary production on earth
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Temperate forest = 0.725 kgcm^-2y^-1
Temperate grassland = 0.540 kgcm^-2y^-1 |
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Solubility of CO2
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CO2 is MORE soluable in cold water than warm water.
CO2 in plus H+ water reacts to form other substances (ions). |
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Seasonal winds that bring torrential rainfall
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Monsoons
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