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| 8090717701 | Impact | Drought, Snow Melt, Permafrost Melt, Sea Levels Increased, Extreme Weather, Threaten Biodiversity, Agriculture Decline, Health | 0 | |
| 8090719539 | Positive feedback loop |  | 1 | |
| 8090721483 | Why so tough to address | 2 | ||
| 8090725450 | Greenhouse gases | CO2, Methane, Nox gases | 3 | |
| 8090748174 | Profile layers |  | 4 | |
| 8090748175 | Silt | A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks | 5 | |
| 8090748176 | Clay | A natural, earthly material that retains its shape and hardens when fired | 6 | |
| 8090749689 | Sand | the largest soil type consisting of grains of rock or coral | 7 | |
| 8090757130 | Loam | A mixture of gravel, sand, silt, clay, and organic matter | 8 | |
| 8090757131 | Leeching | The process of the soil losing its nutrients due to excess rain | 9 | |
| 8090757132 | humus | Rich, dark organic material formed by decay of vegetable matter, essential to soil's fertility | 10 | |
| 8090786145 | Evaporation | Liquid to gas | 11 | |
| 8090787358 | Precipitation | Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface. | 12 | |
| 8090789433 | Transpiration | Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant | 13 | |
| 8090799213 | Fixation | 1) Nitrogen moving from atm into organic molecules | 14 | |
| 8090801638 | Nitrification | 2) chemical transformation of ammonia to nitrate | 15 | |
| 8090803954 | Denitrification | 3) Nitrate ions back to nitrogen gas from bacteria | 16 | |
| 8111532253 | Ammonification | 4) Chemical transformation during decomposition that creates ammonia | 17 | |
| 8111554192 | O | Organic- mostly organic matter such as decomposing leaves . The ___ horizon is thin in some soils, thick in others, and missing in yet others | 18 | |
| 8111574525 | A | topsoil- mostly minerals from parent material with little organic matter added. A good material for plants and other organisms. You can find lots of roots here. | 19 | |
| 8111641285 | E | eluiviated horizon- Leached of clay, minerals, and organic matter, which makes the ___ horizon sandier and lighter in color then the A horizon above and the ___ horizon below. Often found in some older soils and forest soils | 20 | |
| 8111658820 | B | Subsoil- Rich in minerals that leached from the A and E and accumulated here. Not present in all soils. | 21 | |
| 8111666499 | C | Parent- The deposit at Earth's surface from which the soil developed. | 22 | |
| 8111678597 | R | Bedrock- A mass of rock that forms the parent material for some soils if the bedrock is close enough to the surface to weather | 23 | |
| 8111720513 | Water cycle |  | 24 | |
| 8111725131 | Carbon Cycle |  | 25 | |
| 8111730706 | Nitrogen Cycle |  | 26 | |
| 8111737126 | Phosphorus Cycle |  | 27 | |
| 8111741517 | Sulfur Cycle |  | 28 | |
| 8112458502 | Water Cycle | SINK : ocean -precipitation -condensation -evaporation -transpiration -infiltration -runoff | 29 | |
| 8112462516 | Carbon Cycle | SINK : Ocean , Forest Soil -photosynthesis -respiration -decomposition -combustion | 30 | |
| 8112464954 | Nitrogen Cycle | SINK : atmosphere -nitrogen fixation -nitrification -assimilation -ammonification -denitrification | 31 | |
| 8112467862 | Phosphorus Cycle | SINKS: Marine sed, Plants -weathering of rocks -assimilation -decomposition -mineralization -runoff | 32 | |
| 8112470346 | CC Impacts | 1. suns output of energy, meteorites - dust in atmosphere 2. earths orbit around sun 3. global air circulation 4. global ice cover 5. concentration of gas in atmosphere 6. ocean current changes 7. temp and precipitation | 33 | |
| 8112474821 | Address CC | -because it is a world wide problem -problem is long term political issue -proplems not evenly spread out in areas so people don't want to work on something that is not their problem -many proposed solutions are controversial | 34 | |
| 8112478217 | Cloud effect on CC | - warmer temps increase evaporation of surface water and create more clouds which can cool or warm atmosphere - increase in thick and cont. cumulus clouds at low altitudes could decrease warming by reflecting more sunlight back into space - increase in thin wispy, cirrus clouds at high altitudes could increase the warming of lower atmosphere by preventing more heat from escaping into space | 35 | |
| 8112482740 | Drought | -increase in temp will increase evaporation and not as much precipitation -come caused by EL NINO southern Oscillations - alter pacific ocean currents for bout 2 years EFFECTS 1. decrease in growth of trees and plants which reduces removal of CO2 in atmosphere | 36 | |
| 8112484811 | Polar Regions | -effected the most by climate change -lack of light snow is causing more solar energy to be absorbed - causes atm above the polar to warm faster -this cause more ice to melt -this causes more warming = positive feedback loop | 37 | |
| 8112490218 | CC will determine | -where food and how much is grown -where increase drought/floods -where people and wildlife live | 38 | |
| 8112492125 | Permafrost | -if permafrost is melted, large amounts of methane and CO2 will be released into the atmosphere -will caused more warming of atmosphere which caused more permafrost to be melted = positive feedback loop | 39 | |
| 8112494822 | Sea Levels | -rising sea level is due to the warming and melting of land - baed ice -destroy coasts, wetlands and reefs -increase flooding and erosion of land = cause displacement | 40 | |
| 8112498735 | Reduce CC | 1. act to slow it 2. reduce harmful effects 3. suffer 4. cut carbon emissions 5. make international policy 6. prevention | 41 | |
| 8112501700 | Cleanup solutions | -increase tree planting -preserve and restore natural forests -seed oceans w/ iron to promote algae and photosynthesis -remove CO2 from smokestacks | 42 | |
| 8112503740 | Sand | largest, marble size, high porosity - water can go through | 43 | |
| 8112505600 | Silt | Medium | 44 | |
| 8112507330 | Clay | smallest, low porosity - water can't go through so they clump together | 45 | |
| 8112509231 | Layers | -O- Organic material/humus -A- topsoil -E-Eluviated horizon -B-Subsoil -C- Parent materials -R- Bedrock (Oliver A eat breakfast cereal right) | 46 | |
| 8112510711 | Loam | Soil composed mostly of sand | 47 |
