Systems Review

2. The Amazon Rainforest is threatened by warmer ______ temperatures.
5. Higher-elevel clouds tend to ______ the Earth system.
7. Systems with higher ______ tend to be more resilient.
10. The Earth is best approximated as a(n) ______ system.
17. According to the First Law of Thermodynamics, energy in an isolated system is always ______.
19. The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that ______ in an isolated system tends to increase over time.
21. ______ circulation in the ocean refers to the affects of salinity and temperature on deepwater ocean currents.
23. A(n) ______ contains both biotic and abiotic components.
24. All of the living things in a location can be called a(n) ______.
26. According to ______, heat cannot be made to flow from cold to hot without work done on the system.
28. Organisms/communities with greater ______ tend to be more resilient.
29. Increased marine concentration of ______ could one day potentially cause ocean anoxia (lack of oxygen).
30. The amount/rate of sunlight energy incoming to a specific location.
31. In a(n) ______ system, the amount of energy in the system is conserved.
32. Arctic ______ will all be ice-free in the coming decades.
33. According to ______, 100% of heat cannot be turned into useful energy (to do "work").

1. The ability for a system to resist/recover from changes/disturbances is called ______.
3. A type of tipping point.
4. Low-level clouds tend to ______ the Earth system.
6. The West ______ ice sheet is most likely already going to collapse/disintegrate and melt.
8. ______ points can either be stable or unstable.
9. The Amazon Rainforest is threatened by ______ dry seasons.
11. Ecosystems can best be described as ______ systems.
12. The ______ ice sheet tipping point has not yet been passed.
13. Ecosystems in equilibrium are in a(n) ______ equilibrium.
14. A(n) ______ diagram shows a type of tipping point.
15. Pollution in the form of ______ actually has a cooling effect on the Earth system.
16. Systems with higher energy ______ tend to be more resilient.
18. A weaker Indian summer monsoon could lead to widespread ______ (plural) in the region.
20. The "marine carbon pump" is partially controlled by ______ in the ocean.
22. Warming ocean temperatures could one day potentially release ______ methane deposits.
25. A more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
27. The region bordering the southern edge of the Sahara Desert.
32. The "marine carbon pump" is partially controlled by biological ______ formation.