When the Lithosphere and Biosphere Interact

question 32

Multiple Choice

When the lithosphere and biosphere interact,

• A)plants remove nutrients from the soil but return few if any nutrients to the soil.
• B)plants return nutrients to the soil but remove few if any nutrients from the soil.
• C)plants remove nutrients from the soil and return nutrients to the soil.
• D)plants acquire their nutrients directly from the air so that they do not disturb the nutrient structure in the soil.

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Definitions:

Transform

Relates to a type of plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally, often causing earthquakes.

Mid-Ocean Ridges

Underwater mountain ranges formed by plate tectonics, where new oceanic crust is created by volcanic activity along divergent plate boundaries.

Asthenosphere

The highly viscous, mechanically weak, and ductilely deforming region of the upper mantle of the Earth.

Decompression

The process of reducing pressure in a physical system, often leading to the release of dissolved gases or the formation of bubbles in a liquid.