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EARTH

SCIENCE
Prepared by:
ENGR. CHRISTIAN C. SIGNO
Special Science Teacher I
EARTH’S
SUBSYSTEMS
Earth’s Subsystems
EARTH’S
SUBSYSTEMS
• Biosphere come from the
Greek word bios meaning
life.
• The biosphere is the set of
all life forms on Earth.
• It composed of all living
things such as all animals,
microbes, plants and
humans.
• It is composed of naturally
occurring solid aggregate
• Geosphere comes from of minerals, organic
material or natural glass
the Greek word geos
called rocks.
meaning ground. • It is also composed of loose
• It pertains to the solid particles of rocks that
part of the earth. enveloped the
surface of Earth
called regolith.
• It is composed of naturally
occurring solid aggregate
of minerals, organic
material or natural glass
called rocks.
• It is also composed of loose
particles of rocks that
enveloped the
surface of Earth
called regolith.
• It contains all the soil,
rocks, and minerals
present in the crust to • Earth is divided in to three
layers such as the:
the core of the Earth.
✓ crust
• It comprises the ✓ mantle
geologic landforms ✓ core
such as mountains and
hills.
• It is divided in to three
layers such as the:
✓ crust
✓ mantle
✓ core
CRUST
• It is the thin and solid
outermost layer of the
Earth above the mantle.
• It is the thinnest layer, and
makes up less than 1
percent of the planet’s
mass.
MANTLE
• Layer between crust &
core
• Contains iron-rich minerals
• Makes up 64% of Earth’s
mass
• Approximately
2900 km thick
CORE
• Innermost layer
✓ Liquid outer core
• Super-heated molten lava
• Composed of liquid nickel &
iron
✓ Solid inner core
• Sphere of solid
nickel & iron
CORE
• The inner and outer core
make up about one-third
of Earth’s mass.
• The temperature of the
inner core is estimated to
be between
4,000°C to 5,400°C.
• Hydrosphere comes
from the Greek word
• Another part of this
hydro which means
subsystem is the
water.
permanently frozen
• It is composed of all the
parts called cryosphere.
water on Earth in any
form.
• Another part of this
subsystem is the
permanently frozen
parts called cryosphere.
• Earth is the only planet
in the solar system that
are known to contains
water in all three phases.
➢ Solid
➢ Liquid
➢ Gas
• The air in the
• Atmosphere serves as atmosphere is generally
the Earth’s blanket. Its composed of:
name rooted from the ➢ 78% nitrogen
Greek word atmos ➢ 21% oxygen
which means gas and ➢ 0.9% argon
sphaira which means ➢ 0.10% different
globe or ball. trace gases
and vapor
• The air in the
atmosphere is generally
• It serves as the Earth’s composed of:
protection from harmful ➢ 78% nitrogen
UV rays and keeps the ➢ 21% oxygen
planet warm through ➢ 0.9% argon
greenhouse gases. ➢ 0.10% different
trace gases
and vapor
• Atmosphere is affected
• It serves as the Earth’s
by the Earth’s gravity so
protection form harmful
this is the reason why as
UV rays and keeps the
the altitude increases the
planet warm through
amount of gases in the
green house gasses.
atmosphere decreases.
• The atmosphere is
composed of layers
namely:
➢ Troposphere
➢ Stratosphere
➢ Mesosphere
➢ Thermosphere
➢ Exosphere
TROPOSPHERE
• The lowest layer of the
atmosphere.
• This is the part of the
atmosphere where
weather conditions exist.
• Earth’s densest
atmospheric layer.
STRATOSPHERE
• The ozone layer, which
absorbs and scatters the
solar ultraviolet
radiation, is in this layer.
MESOSPHERE
• This is the coldest layer of
the atmosphere where
temperatures have been
measured as low as -93
degree Celsius.
• Meteors burn up in this
layer.
THERMOSPHERE
• This is where the space
shuttle flew and where
the International Space
Station orbits Earth
• This is also where the
auroras occur.
EXOSPHERE
• The outermost layer of the
atmosphere.
• The highest layer, is
extremely thin and is
where the atmosphere
merges into outer spaces.
EARTH’S SUBSYSTEMS
Matter and energy flows The processes that move
and cycle between the matter and energy from
four subsystems to sustain one sphere to another is
and make life on Earth called as sphere
possible. interactions.
EARTH’S SUBSYSTEMS
Changes in any sphere The processes that move
greatly affect the other matter and energy from
spheres as well since all one sphere to another is
the spheres are called as sphere
interconnected system. interactions.
EARTH’S SUBSYSTEMS
Good day!
Thank you &
God bless!

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