ESS 1 - introduction to earth sic
-
Upload
ronadane-liwanag -
Category
Education
-
view
132 -
download
3
Transcript of ESS 1 - introduction to earth sic
![Page 1: ESS 1 - introduction to earth sic](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042700/558fc03f1a28abe7668b4588/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
INTRODUCTION TO SCI7B: EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCEFields/Disciplines which deal with Earth and Space Sciences Earth’s Major Spheres
![Page 2: ESS 1 - introduction to earth sic](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042700/558fc03f1a28abe7668b4588/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
GEOLOGY OCEANOLOGY METEOROLOGY ASTRONOMY
Fields of Science that collectively seek to understand the Earth and its neighbors in space
![Page 3: ESS 1 - introduction to earth sic](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042700/558fc03f1a28abe7668b4588/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
GEOLOGYEtymology : Geo - Earth logos - study of
![Page 4: ESS 1 - introduction to earth sic](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042700/558fc03f1a28abe7668b4588/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
GEOLOGY
✓Examines the materials composing the Earth and seeks to understand the many processes that operate beneath and upon its surface !
✓Seeks to understand the history of Earth and the development of the planet through its 4.5 billion-year history
![Page 5: ESS 1 - introduction to earth sic](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042700/558fc03f1a28abe7668b4588/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
OCEANOLOGYMarine Science - Study of the oceans
![Page 6: ESS 1 - introduction to earth sic](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042700/558fc03f1a28abe7668b4588/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
OCEANOLOGY
✓Studies the composition and movements of seawater as well as coastal processes, seafloor topography, and marine life
![Page 7: ESS 1 - introduction to earth sic](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042700/558fc03f1a28abe7668b4588/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
METEOROLOGYScience of the Atmosphere
![Page 8: ESS 1 - introduction to earth sic](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042700/558fc03f1a28abe7668b4588/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
METEOROLOGY
Studies the processes that produce weather and climate
![Page 9: ESS 1 - introduction to earth sic](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042700/558fc03f1a28abe7668b4588/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
ASTRONOMYAstronomos - star arranging
![Page 10: ESS 1 - introduction to earth sic](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042700/558fc03f1a28abe7668b4588/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
ASTRONOMY
!✓Studies the physical laws
governing the universe !
✓Understand the explanations/theories of the Earth’s origin
![Page 11: ESS 1 - introduction to earth sic](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042700/558fc03f1a28abe7668b4588/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
![Page 12: ESS 1 - introduction to earth sic](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042700/558fc03f1a28abe7668b4588/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
GEOSPHERE HYDROSPHERE ATMOSPHERE BIOSPHERE
The Major Spheres of the Earth
![Page 13: ESS 1 - introduction to earth sic](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042700/558fc03f1a28abe7668b4588/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
GEOSPHERE
!✓extends from the surface to
the center (core) of the planet (6,400km)
![Page 14: ESS 1 - introduction to earth sic](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042700/558fc03f1a28abe7668b4588/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
HYDROSPHERE
✓dynamic mass of liquid blanketing nearly 71% of Earth’s surface to an average depth of about 3,800m.
![Page 15: ESS 1 - introduction to earth sic](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042700/558fc03f1a28abe7668b4588/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
ATMOSPHERE
✓life-giving gaseous envelope just above the ground which also protects us from the Sun’s ultraviolet radiation
![Page 16: ESS 1 - introduction to earth sic](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042700/558fc03f1a28abe7668b4588/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
BIOSPHERE
✓includes all life on Earth, their interaction and distribution, and their environment