Organisms in polar region adapt to cold environments

Melting of ice and glaciers increases sea level

What is called when ice and snow reflect sunlight

Microorganieme plat a role in nutrient cycling and soil fertility

Plants take c02 from _______(interconnection)

evaporation(interconnection)

River shapes lancscapes

Crust lithosphere(subsystems)

Regulates climate, support life, shapes landscapes and is known as ________

What do we call an air animal in biosphere

Sum of the ecosystem and living organisms

Large scale removal of trees

The removal of forests disrupts the complex web or relationships between species

Deforestation destroys the habitat

Erosion and nutrient loss

Tree roots helps bind soil together

Forests contribute to organic matter to the soil

Trees play a critical role in water cycle by absorbing and releasing water vapor

Without forests to absorb and slowly release water

Trees store co2 a major greenhouse gas

Deforestation reduces the trees available to absorb c02

Forests have a cooling effect

Reduces evapotransportation can lead to decreased _____

Deforestation can create ______ loops

Soil degradation in local climate can reduce long term agriculture productivity

Forests often attracts tourist

Types of feldspar

Hard, resistant to weathering and can be colorless

Mica

Found in igneous rocks like basalt and andesite

Loght colored and also has flaky texture

Typically dark green to black found in metamorphic rocks like amphibolite

Where is augite common?

White to cream colored and is a primary component of clay soils

Light colored and found in sedimentary rocks

Reacts with hydrochloric acid

White to pink

Green and found in mafic and ultra mafic igneous rocks like peridotite and basalt

Found in schists and gneiss

Dark colored shiny appearance with flaky texture