27 questions
The following is an example of what type of feedback loop?
Negative Feedback Loop
Neutral Feedback Loop
Positive Feedback Loop
Global Warming Feedback Loop
What is the same word for balance
equilibrium
eccentricity
albedo
precession
Negative feedback loops try to maintain
equilibrium
chaos
precession
change
Match the vocabulary word with this definition:
"The outcome causes the stimulus to be amplified"
positive feedback
negative feedback
response
stimulus
Match the vocabulary word with this definition:
"The outcome causes the stimulus to be counteracted and stabalized"
positive feedback
negative feedback
response
stimulus
When it doesn’t rain, the ground and plants dry out. With less water to evaporate during the long days of summer heat, the landscape gets hotter. Hotter temperatures accelerate evaporation, drying everything out even more.
Identify a response from this feedback scenario.
Low levels of precipitation
No rain
evaporation accelerates
formation of rain forests
envelope of gases that forms Earth's outermost layer
atmosphere
geosphere
cryosphere
biosphere
contains the metal core, solid middle layer, and rocky outer layer of the Earth
atmosphere
biosphere
geosphere
hydrosphere
the parts of the Earth that contain living organisms
geosphere
biosphere
hydrosphere
cryosphere