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13 Cards in this Set
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What is a system? |
A system is any size group of interacting parts that form a complex whole. |
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What is a closed system? |
Closed systems are self contained (e.g an automobile, cooling system) |
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What is an open system? |
Open systems allow both energy and matter to flow in and out of the system (e.g a river system) |
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The Earth is a dynamic body with . . . |
Many separate but highly interacting parts or spheres. |
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The Earth's system science studies . . . |
Earth as a system that is composed of humorous part of subsystems. |
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What are the two sources of energy? |
The Sun and the Earth's interior. |
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What process does the Sun drive by? Examples. |
The Sun drives external processes such as weather, ocean circulation, and erosion. |
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What process does the Earth interior drive by? Examples. |
The Earth's interior drives internal processes including volcanoes, earthquakes, and mountain building. |
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The Earth as system consist of . . . |
nearby endless array of subsystems (e.g hydrologic cycle ... water cycle) |
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Humans are . . . |
part of the Earth's systems |
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What is the environment? |
The environment surrounds and influences organisms. |
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What does the physical environment encompass? |
Water, air, soil, and rock. |
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What does the term environment usually reserved for? |
Aspects that focus on the relationships between people and the natural environment. |
