Unit 3.1 Terms and definitions

Effects, processes, objects, or materials derived from human activities, as opposed to those occurring in natural environments without human influences.

• Anthropogenic activity

• Global warming

• Greenhouse effect

• Salinity

Nitrogen, carbon and hydrological cycle make up the earth's what?

• Sphere's

• Systems

• Cycles

• Gases

Earths physical systems is made up of which systems?

• Atmosphere, space, land and hydrogen

• Lithosphere, hydropshere, globalisation, fauna

• Lithosphere, biosphere, gasosphere, materialisation

• Lithosphere, Biosphere, Atmosphere and Hydrosphere

The outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

All the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds.

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Hydrological cycle

• Atmosphere

The regions of the surface and atmosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms.

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

The earth system that consists of the gases surrounding the earth.

• Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

The movement of carbon through the earths systems

• Nitrogen cycle

• Hydrological cycle

• Carbon cycle

• Carbon dioxide cycle

The movement of nitrogen through the earth's systems

• Nitrate cycle

• Ammonium cycle

• Nitrogen cycle

• Nitrogen fixation

The movement of water through the earth's systems

• Hydrological cycle

• Hydrogen oxide cycle

• H202 cycle

• Precipitation cycle