Page 12 The dustbowl was a period of severe dust storms the 1930s The phenomenon was caused by severe drought combined with poor farming techniques Grasses in the American prairie were lost, and there was nothing to hold soil in place During the drought of the 1930s, without natural anchors to keep the soil in place, it dried, turned to dust, and blew away with the prevailing winds. System > Event Interaction: Which system(s) caused this event? Explain your answer Event > System interaction: Which system(s) were affected by this event? Explain your answer

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When Earth is photographed from space, we can see that it is made up of parts: land, air, water, and living organisms
All of these parts work together to make gystem A system is a set of connected things or parts forming a complex whole.
Earth itself is part of a larger system-the solar system.
Land, air, water, and living organisms form systems as well. We call these systems spheres
• The geosphere is the rocky, on-living part of Earth. It is the rocks and soil on the crust and the molten rock
below the surface.
The atmosphere is all of the gases or air the surround the plant.
The hydrosphere is the water on Earth-solid (ice), liquid (oceans, rivers, lakes), and gas (water vapor). Frozen
water is sometimes referred to as the cryosphere
• All of the living organisms, including humans, on Earth make up the biosphere Things that were built by and for
humans are called the anthrosphere
When something occurs that changes a system, it is known as an event. Events may be natural (volcanoes, floods) or
caused by humans (pollution.)
Sometimes events have an impact on a system or systems, sometimes system also impact events. This cause and effect
between systems and events is called an interaction. Systems ca also impact other systems.
Transcribed Image Text:When Earth is photographed from space, we can see that it is made up of parts: land, air, water, and living organisms All of these parts work together to make gystem A system is a set of connected things or parts forming a complex whole. Earth itself is part of a larger system-the solar system. Land, air, water, and living organisms form systems as well. We call these systems spheres • The geosphere is the rocky, on-living part of Earth. It is the rocks and soil on the crust and the molten rock below the surface. The atmosphere is all of the gases or air the surround the plant. The hydrosphere is the water on Earth-solid (ice), liquid (oceans, rivers, lakes), and gas (water vapor). Frozen water is sometimes referred to as the cryosphere • All of the living organisms, including humans, on Earth make up the biosphere Things that were built by and for humans are called the anthrosphere When something occurs that changes a system, it is known as an event. Events may be natural (volcanoes, floods) or caused by humans (pollution.) Sometimes events have an impact on a system or systems, sometimes system also impact events. This cause and effect between systems and events is called an interaction. Systems ca also impact other systems.
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The dustbowl was a period of severe dust storms the 1930s The phenomenon was caused by
severe drought combined with poor farming techniques Grasses in the American prairie were lost, and
there was nothing to hold soil in place
During the drought of the 1930s, without natural anchors to keep the soil in place, it dried, turned
to dust, and blew away with the prevailing winds.
System > Event Interaction: Which system(s) caused this event? Explain your answer
Event > System interaction: Which system(s) were affected by this event? Explain your answer
Transcribed Image Text:Page 12 The dustbowl was a period of severe dust storms the 1930s The phenomenon was caused by severe drought combined with poor farming techniques Grasses in the American prairie were lost, and there was nothing to hold soil in place During the drought of the 1930s, without natural anchors to keep the soil in place, it dried, turned to dust, and blew away with the prevailing winds. System > Event Interaction: Which system(s) caused this event? Explain your answer Event > System interaction: Which system(s) were affected by this event? Explain your answer
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