CONCEPT MAPS:

Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Geosphere, Anthroposphere,

ANTHROPOSPHERE BIOSPHERE

Hunting and over-harvesting can contribute to the extinction to some life

Deforestation and desertification can cause a habitat loss

forms

Through the use of burning fossil fuels, or use of gas, it leads up to

pollution, which can have an influence on the life species health and habitats

Introduction of another species to another species can harm the other, as

both may need the same environment, and there isnt enough for two.

Perhaps because of pollution, there is a possibility for a climate change in

the future, which may affect the habitats and environments life forms lives in.

ATMOSPHERE BIOSPHERE

O2 allows complex life to exist

CO2 allows photosynthesis

Ozone in stratosphere prevents damage to cells

Pressure of atmosphere at sea level allows life to exist

Atmosphere circulation controls temperature and rainfall patterns, so there

is distribution of biomes (subtropical=deserts, ITCZ=rainforest)

Moves dust so transports of nutrients

Ability to exchange gases with air instead of water, which allows life to

exist

If there is a rapid change in the atmospheric circulation, it can contribute

to rapid changes in types of habitat


Increased temperature (for example, increased CO2), can lead to increased
plant growth

Carbon goes into the regrowth of some forest

Forests are thickened because of more growth due to higher CO2

atmosphere

Humans burn fossil fuels and releases greenhouse gases which warms

emissions

Humans remove forests which takes away the trees that absorb carbon

atmosphere

Humans use too many cows which give off too much methane into the

HYDROSPHERE BIOSPHERE

Creates habitats (lakes, oceans, etc.)

Evaporation/precipitation controls distribution of nutrients

Streams transports nutrients, such as through erosion

Circulation of oceans also controls local climate (warm vs cold currents)

Keeps organisms alive through hydration

Moist environment for reproductive system

If there is a rapid change in the ocean circulation, it can contribute to rapid

changes in types of habitat within the ocean, which means that some life forms may not
be able adapt to the change and die.

Overfishing creates extinction of animals

Pollution from land and civilization - like factories and carbon monoxide
emissions- create acid rain which kills living organisms in rain forests

Greenhouse gases warm temperature which causes glaciers and land ice to
melt which lowers albedo

Humans mine for oil then spill it in the ocean which kills hundreds of
animals and plants

ATMOSPHERE GEOSPHERE

Through weathering, it creates soils

Carbon is locked away in minerals and rocks (and fossil fuels)

Wind carries seeds to soil which grow with rain

Volcanoes erupt and release CO2 as aerosols and pollute the atmosphere

Wind carries rocks eroded by Clastic means

Volcanoes release gases

Chemical weathering

Rain causes water to build up in stream, too much comes too fast and
causes run off

Cold desert air sinks/compresses/warms into LA and causes Santa Ana

Winds

HYDROSPHERE GEOSPHERE

Through weathering, it creates ocean salinity

Rain falls to ground into streams and the water infiltrates into ground,
seeps down and forms groundwater in the water table

Rain waters soil and helps plants grow

Plates spread and create mid ocean ridges which gives out lava which
hardens in water and forms new land

Streams create friction on land and erodes land over time then picks up
eroded sediment into stream

Body of water freezes into glacier which begins to slide down mountain
which erodes land in moves over


Fertilizer in soil trickles down into ocean when rain comes and pollutes
the area in the ocean and creates too much algae

Rain weathers down rock and becomes clastic material

Glacier melts and creates braided stream in land

Streams erode by picking up sediment and moving it

Streams erode land which causes dissolved load

Streams erode land which causes suspended load

Streams erode land which causes bed load

Rain infiltrates ground and creates recharge of groundwater

Rain infiltrates groundwater and create discharge where the water table is
higher than land

GEOSPHERE BIOSPHERE

Plate tectonics interact with atmosphere and hydrosphere to create

different habitats (continents such as highlands and lowlands, and oceans, such as deep
versus shallow)

Creates and destroys diversity by creating and destroying barriers, such as

mountain ranges, islands, and continents moving together and apart

Weathering of geosphere (by atmosphere and hydrosphere) creates soils

and ocean salinity (habitat) and produces nutrients for organic matter and ions that form
skeletons

Plants grow in soil and humans and animals eat it

Animals burrow into ground for shelter

Plants/animals die and decay which fertilizes soil

Humans use fertilizer in soil which overuses soil and can cause it to
become dry and polluted

desert sand

Humans use soil before it can replenish naturally and it begins to become

Island arc in plates creates volcanic activity and produces new land

Volcanoes create land

Root wedging

BIOSPHERE ATMOSPHERE

If you increase the albedo, the temperature of the air will decrease

If you decrease the albedo, the temperature of the air will increase

Trees create friction so slow surface winds

Life exchanges and cycles O2, CO2, and N2,

Production of O2 by life allowed come to form in stratosphere

Removal of some CO2 affected pressure and temperature of atmosphere

Through photosynthesis, there is an increase of O2 for life

ATMOSPHERE HYDROSPHERE

Water is released into the atmosphere through transpiration or respiration

If CO2 increased, there will be increased temperatures, which can melt the

ice

Increased temperatures can lead a decrease in the amount of CO2

dissolved in ocean

Increased temperatures can melt methane hydrates in sediment on ocean

floor

More ice melts due to climate change which lowers albedo which makes
the atmosphere hotter

Fertilizer gets carried into water from erosion which pollutes water and the
water evaporates and pollutes air

As climate temperature goes up, oceans get warmer which absorbs less
CO2 and leaves more CO2 in the atmosphere


Rain puts water into streams which evaporates into the atmosphere, then
the water condenses into clouds. It becomes saturated and rain falls again

goes up

Water condenses into clouds which reflects solar radiation and albedo

HYDROSPHERE ATMOSPHERE

If there is more albedo through ice sheets, then temperature will decrease
because it will reflect the suns rays

BIOSPHERE HYDROSPHERE

streams

Affects cycling of water by taking in water from groundwater or lakes and

Releases water to atmosphere through transpiration or respiration

Removal and cycling of elements in seawater affects salinity of ocean

BIOSPHERE GEOSPHERE

weathering

Root-wedging aids physical weathering which can promote chemical

Life can also reduce erosion by binding soil

Rock formation

Skeletal remains affect composition of certain sediments (e.g. chalk,

diatoms, coal, oil)

Life removes

Cycles and concentrations certain elements such as N or P