EARTH SCIENCE UNIT 7 QUIZ 2

biogeochemical cycles

Essential life materials, like nitrogen and carbon, are exchanged and recycled through

cooler than the air on land

Air that comes in from the ocean during the day is usually _

earth's energy budget

There is a balance of heat coming into and going out of Earth. This is known as the

water cycle

Water vapor holds in heat and distributes it during the

Global air circulation cells move air

clockwise in the Northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern hemisphere from the equator to the poles in different directions at different latitudes

Without our unique atmosphere, the earth might be

more similar to Mars, bombarded by meteorites, and lifeless

Without the carbon-oxygen cycle

most life would not exist

Nitrogen and carbon are important to life because

they are needed for cellular growth

Our atmosphere is the largest

transport and distribution system on Earth