Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
20 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
The atraction between a positivley charged hydrogen atom and a negativley charged atom like oxygen is called
|
hydrogen bonding
|
|
|
A forest is cut down, and grasses are planted. A fire starts and burns down the grasses causing more grasses to grow. Grasses burn more easily than forest so their is an increasing number of fires, causing even more grasses to grow. This is an example of a____
|
positive feedback loop
|
|
|
Which of the following factors affects ecosystem proceses?
|
Topography, Climate, Parent material.
|
|
|
Water moves from the land and the ocean to the atmosphere through the process of ______ with most evaporation occuring over the _______
|
evaporation, oceans
|
|
|
_______ that flows into rivers, streams, lakes and _______ that percolates deep into the ground flows back into ______ where the water cycle starts
|
runoff, soil water (ground water), ocean
|
|
|
The atraction between a positivley charged hydrogen atom and a negativley charged atom like oxygen is called
|
hydrogen bonding
|
|
|
What is a soil water budget?
|
The net amount of water stored in soil
|
|
|
A forest is cut down, and grasses are planted. A fire starts and burns down the grasses causing more grasses to grow. Grasses burn more easily than forest so their is an increasing number of fires, causing even more grasses to grow. This is an example of a____
|
positive feedback loop
|
|
|
Evaportranspiration is_______
|
water evaporated from an ecosystem plus water transpired from an ecosystem
|
|
|
Which of the following factors affects ecosystem proceses?
|
Topography, Climate, Parent material.
|
|
|
What is the main source of water for dallas residents?
|
man made lakes called reservoirs
|
|
|
Water moves from the land and the ocean to the atmosphere through the process of ______ with most evaporation occuring over the _______
|
evaporation, oceans
|
|
|
Water has a higher specific heat than land, which means that it takes less energy to change the temperature of water than it does to change the temperature of land
|
False
|
|
|
_______ that flows into rivers, streams, lakes and _______ that percolates deep into the ground flows back into ______ where the water cycle starts
|
runoff, soil water (ground water), ocean
|
|
|
Chemical weathering rates are generally higher in areas with
|
high rainfall and high temperature
|
|
|
What is a soil water budget?
|
The net amount of water stored in soil
|
|
|
Evaportranspiration is_______
|
water evaporated from an ecosystem plus water transpired from an ecosystem
|
|
|
What is the main source of water for dallas residents?
|
man made lakes called reservoirs
|
|
|
Water has a higher specific heat than land, which means that it takes less energy to change the temperature of water than it does to change the temperature of land
|
False
|
|
|
Chemical weathering rates are generally higher in areas with
|
high rainfall and high temperature
|
