All Flashcards
What is the effect of increased greenhouse gases?
Global warming and climate change.
What is the effect of ozone depletion?
Increased UV radiation reaching Earth's surface.
What is the effect of deforestation on soil?
Increased soil erosion.
What is the effect of El Niño on global weather?
Floods in some areas, droughts in others, altered jet stream patterns.
What is the effect of La Niña on global weather?
Different weather patterns compared to El Niño, such as increased hurricane activity in the Atlantic.
What is the effect of mountains on precipitation?
Rain shadows, with dry conditions on the leeward side.
What is the effect of large-scale farming on soil?
Increased soil erosion rates and nutrient depletion.
What is the effect of convergent plate boundaries?
Mountain formation, earthquakes, and volcanoes.
What is the effect of divergent plate boundaries?
Seafloor spreading, earthquakes, and volcanoes.
What is the effect of transform plate boundaries?
Earthquakes.
What are the steps of soil formation?
Weathering, erosion, deposition, decomposition.
List the layers of the atmosphere (inner to outer).
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere
What is the importance of soil?
Foundation of terrestrial life; supports plant growth.
What is the ozone layer?
A region in the stratosphere that absorbs UV radiation.
What are greenhouse gases?
Gases in the troposphere that trap heat.
What causes Earth's seasons?
Earth's tilt on its axis.
What is a rain shadow?
A dry region on the leeward side of a mountain.
Describe convergent plate boundaries.
Plates collide, forming mountains, volcanoes, and causing earthquakes.
Describe divergent plate boundaries.
Plates move apart, causing seafloor spreading, volcanoes, and earthquakes.
Describe transform plate boundaries.
Plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes.
List the soil horizons.
O, A, B, C, R
What is the significance of latitude?
Distance from the equator, influencing solar radiation and temperature.