ESS261H1 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: After Earth, Volcanic Arc, Types Of Volcanic Eruptions
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Topic: introduction to earth systems: the water cycle. Cryosphere: portions earth"s surface n solid form, like sea ice, lake ice, river ice, snow cover, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, and frozen ground. Atmosphere: humility and temperature in air & latitude elevation. Hydrosphere: calculate the water basin volume & compare sea level. Biosphere: biomass and calculate percentage of vegetation. Geosphere /lithosphere: difference from volume of planet earth (subduction) Calculate the difference in all of the above situations. Easy: precipitation from point measurement (most in southern, less in northern) Mass extinction, super continent influenced temp. (biosphere attacked) No water cycle (hydrosphere: earth system reservoirs. Earth system is closed (but not isolated, energy exchanges do happen with space. meteorites, space crafts) Residence time (also known as removal time)= amount in reservoir / flow in or flow out. This is the average amount of that a particle spends in a particular system.
