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What are the 4 spheres of the Earth? - - Lithosphere
- Hydrosphere
- Atmosphere
- Biosphere
What is the solid portion of the globe? - Lithosphere
, What is the water portion of the globe? - Hydrosphere
What is the gases that surround the globe? - Atmosphere
What are the living organisms that occupy the globe? - Biosphere
A method for producing new knowledge - Scientific method
A body of existing knowledge - Theory
A provisional explanation - Hypothesis
A set of objects and their attributes that are linked together by a flow of matter and
energy - System
Matter and energy can leave the system - Open system
The system is self-contained; matter and energy are preserved - Closed system
Whatever is inputted in to the system will either be used as storage or will be outputted -
Budgets
Inputs are larger than outputs and storage increases - Positive budget
Outputs are larger than inputs and storage decreases - Negative budget
Inputs are equal to outputs and storage is constant - Balanced budget (equilibrium)
A fixed balance that is rarely changing - Static equilibrium
A balance that is constantly changing - Dynamic equilibrium
System response to a change in conditions or inputs that acts to influence that initial
change - Feedbacks
System responses that result in positive increases - Positive feedbacks
System responses that act to reduce environmental conditions and helps the system
maintain and preserve itself - Negative feedbacks
Parallels that use the equator as reference - Latitude
Meridians that use Greenwich as a reference - Longitude
The innermost portion of the earth - Core