Global Systems

3. cycle the recycling of carbon in the environment
7. type of electromagnetic radiation, energy from the sun arrives on earth in this form of radiation
8. effect A process when the suns radiation reaches the earth’s surface, some is reflected back but the rest is absorbed by the earth causing the warming of the earth.
13. a naturally occurring process where plants absorb carbon, transfer it into glucose for other organisms and give off oxygen as a by-product
15. a biological community where organisms interact with the physical environment
16. Nino A series of climate changes that occur irregularly and mainly effect the pacific region.
17. known as the land component of the biosphere
19. a layer of soil or rock that remains frozen throughout the year.
20. fuels from renewable sources
21. the main component of natural gas and used as a fuel.
23. the process in which gas turns into water
25. All parts of the earths surface where organisms exist

1. type of gas that makes up 78% of the atmosphere
2. type of radio wave with a lengthy wavelength
4. the process in which water turns into gas
5. also known as the water component of the biosphere
6. is the state of the atmosphere created by the interactions of the hydrosphere, lithosphere and atmosphere, this changed from day to day.
7. sheet a layer of ice that covers a large region of land, such as Antarctica and Greenland
9. something that has been emitted into the atmosphere
10. fuels-conserved remnants from once living organisms that contain carbon from years ago.
11. period between two glacial periods of warmer global temperature.
12. the action of cutting down tress and destroying the rainforests
14. The circulation of water that depends on the density of the water
18. the release of electromagnetic energy
22. a source that can be easily replenished and doesn’t deplete
23. weather patterns of a particular place over time. Includes humidity, temperature wind pressure etc
24. part of the biosphere- known commonly as air