24hrs darkness ~Equinox- poles have = amt daylight‚ direct rays strike at equator (march 21 and sept 22) ~Atmosphere-envelope of gases surrounding Earth’s surface ~Lithosphere- solid crust‚ rock‚ soil‚ continents‚ islands and ocean floor ~Hydrosphere- ALL of Earth’s water ~Biosphere- all life forms All four major spheres are interconnected. ~Environment-surroundings- biological‚ chemical and physical conditions that interact with and affect
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The Pros and Cons of El nino By Roderick Gardner Although El nino cause and consequences are very complex‚ scientists from many disciplines working together have created a pretty good picture of what going on. El nino does not work alone;like clark kent and superman‚ it appears only when its alter ego‚ La Nino‚isn’t around. Over much of the pacific ocean‚ when an El nino occurs‚ the water is unusually cool.this great alternate periods‚ when La Nina is in the pacific‚ the water is unusually
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EOSC 112 Learning Goals for Final Exam‚ Fall 2012 Course Learning Goals: By the end of this course‚ students will be able to… 1. DESCRIBE how Earth’s geosphere‚ atmosphere‚ hydrosphere‚ and biosphere comprise an integrated system driven by a continuous supply of energy 2. EXPLAIN the primary factors determining Earth’s climate 3. EVALUATE evidence
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4) 5) 6) 7) By Consumption and resilience: exhaustible non-renewable exhaustible renewable inexhaustible As belonging to the natural environment: Lithosphere resources: minerals land and soil resources Resources hydrosphere: glaciers‚ water‚ land and oceans Resources atmosphere: climate‚ recreational and wind Resources of the biosphere: flora and fauna The physical state: solid‚ liquid‚ gaseous By formation: igneous‚ sedimentary‚ metamorphic (transformed) According
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Research Portfolio. Sarah Pearn‚ 23336383 Table of Contents Water: 3 1.2.3 Compare the state‚ percentage and distribution of water in the biosphere‚ lithosphere‚ hydrosphere and atmosphere. 3 1.2.4 Outline the significance of the different states of water on the Earth in terms of water as: 4 1. A constituent of cells and its role as both a solvent and a raw material in metabolism 4 2. A habitat in which temperature extremes are less than nearby terrestrial habitats 4 3. An agent
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the biosphere consist of? From the broadest bio physiological point of view‚ the biosphere is the global ecological system integrating all living beings and their relationships‚ including their interaction with the elements of the lithosphere‚ hydrosphere‚ and atmosphere. 2- How do ecologists define an ecosystem? A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment. 3- What does the competitive exclusion principle state? In ecology‚ the competitive exclusion
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largely selfregulating. By the most general biophysiological definition‚ the biosphere is the global ecological system integrating all living beings and their relationships‚ including their interaction with the elements of the lithosphere‚ geosphere‚ hydrosphere‚ and atmosphere. The biosphere is postulated to have evolved‚ beginning with a process of biopoesis (life created naturally from non-living matter such as simple organic compounds) or biogenesis (life created from living matter)‚ at least some 3
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the Earth 14 Notes BIOSPHERE We know that our earth is the only planet where life is found. That is why this planet is also known as living planet or ‘sphare’ of ‘life’. This sphere contains those qualities atmosphere‚ lithosphere and hydrosphere. They all enable the life to exist on this planet. But do you know this is a very small portion of the earth where life exists. Beyond this narrow space of the earth‚ there is no life forms found. What is so special about this narrow zone of the
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which solutes are dissolved (or the component present in a larger amount) • Solution: A homogenous mixture of 2 or more substances • 1.1.2. Identify the importance of water as a solvent. • Water is distributed in the biosphere‚ lithosphere‚ hydrosphere and atmosphere • On earth‚ it is distributed as a solid‚ liquid and gas. Approximately 97% of water is in the oceans and 2% is locked up as ice in glaciers and polar icecaps. • Water is essential as a reactant and a solvent in the recycling of
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direction in the utilization of natural resources for benefits of humans usually on a long-term basis. F. Environmental Studies – focus on the animal world and on the threats to them posed by human activities and the degradation of the atmosphere‚ hydrosphere‚ and lithosphere by pollution of many types. • Human Geography – explains the distribution and characteristics of the people. A. Population Geography - examines particularly the distribution of population in relation to its various characteristics
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