Test Review - Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Biogeochemical Cycles

What happens with carbon dioxide if dissolved in the ocean?

What type of plate boundary causes the formation of some mountain ranges?

What has the most control over water being a gas, liquid, or solid ice?

Another name for the water cycle is the

During condensation water changes from a ___ to a ___.

Which of the following does NOT add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?

What is a global effect of volcanic activity?

The largest aquifer in the US is known as the

Most of the water on Earth is in which form?

What is the color of soil indicative of

Organize in order from Least to Greatest size of the soil particles

Which biogeochemical cycle does not involve the atmosphere?

Continental crust is _______ than oceanic crust.

The release of water from plants is known as

As water goes through the water cycle over and over again, what happens to the amount of water on Earth?

What are the 3 different types of plate boundaries?

The area where two tectonic plates move towards one another creating a subduction zone is a

Which is NOT erosion?

S waves travel through

What is the biosphere?

Which layer of the Earth has the highest pressure?

What causes plate tectonics?

Precipitation that didn't get absorbed into soil and made its way along a surface of land is called

Which layer is a flowing solid?

Processes that add carbon to the atmophere are called _____.

Soil is characterized by