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EARTH SCIENCE

THE PLANET EARTH kilometers depending on location. It is


composed primarily of solid rock and is
Our planet is a remarkable place, full of diverse divided into two main types: oceanic
and interconnected systems that work together and continental crust.
to sustain life as we know it.
Mantle
From the air we breathe to the water we drink,
the Earth's atmosphere, hydrosphere,  The mantle is the layer beneath the
geosphere, and biosphere all play important crust, and it makes up about 84% of the
roles in creating the environment that we call Earth's volume. It is composed of hot,
home. semi-solid rock and is divided into the
upper and lower mantle.

Core
Q&A:
 The core is the central layer of the
o WHY HUMANITY FAILED TO PROTECT earth, and it is divided into outer and
THE LIFE FORMS AND THE inner layers.
ENVIRONMENT?

ANSWER:
THE EARTH'S MOON
1. Inability to recognize the full
consequence of his/her actions.  Diameter: Approx. 3,476 kilometers
2. Lack of appreciation of how truly  Mass: Approx. 81 quintillion pounds
unique the Earth is.  Distance (Earth): Approx. 384,400 kms.
 Orbital Period: Approximately 27.3
Earth days
Unique Characteristics of Earth  Gravity: Approximately one-sixth of
Earth's gravity
EARTH'S FEATURES

Earth's Axis
 The blue coloration of the Earth is very
 The Earth's axis is tilted at an angle of apparent due to the presence of water.
about 23.5 degrees relative to the plane  The size and mass of Venus and Earth
of its orbit around the sun. are very similar.
 This tilt is responsible for the Earth's  Mars is about half the Earth's size.
seasons and the variation in daylight  The three planets have a spheroidal
hours throughout the year in different shape.
parts of the world.

Orbital Plane
 Escape velocity is the minimum speed
 Earth's orbital plane is the flat path that an object needs to escape a planet's
it follows as it travels around the sun. pull of gravity.
 Surface pressure is the atmospheric
Equator
pressure at a location on the surface of
 The equator is an imaginary line that the planet. It is proportional to the
circles the Earth at O degrees latitude, mass of air above the location
and it divides the planet into two  Temperature if no greenhouse gases
hemispheres are present' indicates the temperature
of the planet without the warming
effect of greenhouse gases.
A planet's temperature is a function of
CROSS-SECTION
its distance from the Sun. However, this
Crust factor can be modified by the intensity
of greenhouse warming.
 The crust is the outermost layer, and it
varies in thickness from about 5-70
EARTH SCIENCE

 Length of day is a function of rotational extremophiles


speed.
 Bacteria can withstand extreme
environment (either hot or cold)

 Venus, Earth, and Mars are part of the thermophiles


inner terrestrial or "rocky" planets.
Their composition and densities are not  Bacteria that can withstand higher
too different from each other. temperatures only
 Venus is considered to be the Earth's  Tolerates extreme temperatures (41 to
twin planet. It has a very similar size 122 OC) commonly associated with hot
and mass with the Earth. springs and deep-sea hydrothermal
 Mars is about half the Earth's size. vents. Life, in general can tolerate a
 The orbital period and velocity are wide range of temperature conditions.
related to the planet's distance from The temperature range that allows
the sun. water to exist in the liquid state is the
 Among the three planets, Venus is the over-riding factor.
nearest and Mars is the farthest from SIZE
the Sun.
 Rotational speed of Earth and Mars are  Planets should have sufficient size to
very similar. Rotational speed of Venus hold a significant atmosphere. The
is extremely slow. composition of the atmosphere,
 Abundance of liquid water on Earth, specifically the amount of greenhouse
hence the blue color. gases, influences the planet surface
 The Earth is a habitable planet. temperature.

SOLAR RADIATION

FACTORS FOR A PLANET TO BE HABITABLE  The amount of solar radiation that a


planet receives is primarily a function of
TEMPERATURE distance from the sun. Sunlight is
 influences how quickly atoms and essential for photosynthesis but some
molecules move. organism are able to extract energy
 affected by planets distance from the from other sources (chemosynthetic
sun organisms)

ATMOSPHERE EARTH'S INTERNAL HEAT

 It keeps the surface warm & protects it  Internal heat drives plate tectonics. The
from radiation & small- to medium- ability of a planet to maintain internal
sized meteorites heat is related to size.
 Associated with Gravity
ENERGY
NUTRIENT CYCLE
 With a steady input of either light or
chemical energy, cells can run the  a system that will be able to constantly
chemical reactions necessary for life supply nutrients to organisms is
important to sustain life
NUTRIENTS

 Used to build and maintain an


organism's body

Water

 in the liquid form, turns out to be one


of the most important prerequisites for
life as we know it

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