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SCI 225 EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2024/2025 LATEST FOR
REVISION TO HELP YOU PASS!!!
Model - (answers)a hypothesis, a possible explanation, a prediction; when
predictions aren't made me tweak them
Self- Operating Napkin - (answers)input and output, whole is more complex than
interacting parts, contains sub system, has limits and boundaries, interacting parts
characteristics of scientific models - (answers)set of ideas that describe a process,
help simplify systems, represent selected parts of a whole, explain and predict
parts of a whole, explain and predict a natural phenomena, guide future research
different kinds of models - (answers)conceptual (water cycle poster), structural
(physical), stimulation (sporks and beans activity)
weather - (answers)day-to-day, local atmospheric conditions over a short period
of time; high variability; hour-to-hour or day-to-day
climate - (answers)regional conditions overy a long period of time (30 years);
more predictable
biomes - (answers)global associations of plants and animals, largely determined
by climate, primarily temperature and precipitation
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different type of biomes - (answers)rainforest (Amazon), deciduous forest (MI),
savanna (lion king), taiga (portland, OR)
greenhouse gases - (answers)methane, N2O, CO2
Goldilocks Principle - (answers)not too cold, not too hot, just right; TGE allows life
on Earth, we worry about a runaway TGE that will warm Earth too much
volcanoes' Short-term affect - (answers)blocks sunlight
cooling affect
volcanoes' long-term affect - (answers)emits greenhouse gases (CO2 and H2O),
warming affect
anthropongenic - (answers)caused by human activities
earth's four sytems - (answers)hydrosphere, biosphere, geosphere, atomsphere
hydrosphere - (answers)all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and
seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds.
biosphere - (answers)All living organisms on Earth
SCI 225 EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2024/2025 LATEST FOR
REVISION TO HELP YOU PASS!!!
Model - (answers)a hypothesis, a possible explanation, a prediction; when
predictions aren't made me tweak them
Self- Operating Napkin - (answers)input and output, whole is more complex than
interacting parts, contains sub system, has limits and boundaries, interacting parts
characteristics of scientific models - (answers)set of ideas that describe a process,
help simplify systems, represent selected parts of a whole, explain and predict
parts of a whole, explain and predict a natural phenomena, guide future research
different kinds of models - (answers)conceptual (water cycle poster), structural
(physical), stimulation (sporks and beans activity)
weather - (answers)day-to-day, local atmospheric conditions over a short period
of time; high variability; hour-to-hour or day-to-day
climate - (answers)regional conditions overy a long period of time (30 years);
more predictable
biomes - (answers)global associations of plants and animals, largely determined
by climate, primarily temperature and precipitation
, 2
different type of biomes - (answers)rainforest (Amazon), deciduous forest (MI),
savanna (lion king), taiga (portland, OR)
greenhouse gases - (answers)methane, N2O, CO2
Goldilocks Principle - (answers)not too cold, not too hot, just right; TGE allows life
on Earth, we worry about a runaway TGE that will warm Earth too much
volcanoes' Short-term affect - (answers)blocks sunlight
cooling affect
volcanoes' long-term affect - (answers)emits greenhouse gases (CO2 and H2O),
warming affect
anthropongenic - (answers)caused by human activities
earth's four sytems - (answers)hydrosphere, biosphere, geosphere, atomsphere
hydrosphere - (answers)all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and
seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds.
biosphere - (answers)All living organisms on Earth
