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    The document discusses the four major components of Earth's life support system - the atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, and biosphere. It also identifies the three key factors that sustain life on Earth: 1) the one-way flow of solar energy, 2) the cycling of nutrients through the biosphere, and 3) gravity, which enables the movement and cycling of chemicals. The document provides details on each component and factor, explaining their role in supporting life.

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    The document discusses the four major components of Earth's life support system - the atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, and biosphere. It also identifies the three key factors that sustain life on Earth: 1) the one-way flow of solar energy, 2) the cycling of nutrients through the biosphere, and 3) gravity, which enables the movement and cycling of chemicals. The document provides details on each component and factor, explaining their role in supporting life.

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    The document discusses the four major components of Earth's life support system - the atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, and biosphere. It also identifies the three key factors that sustain life on Earth: 1) the one-way flow of solar energy, 2) the cycling of nutrients through the biosphere, and 3) gravity, which enables the movement and cycling of chemicals. The document provides details on each component and factor, explaining their role in supporting life.

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    WHAT KEEPS US

    AND OTHER
    ORGANISMS
    ALIVE?
    OBJECTIVES
    AT THE END OF THIS LESSON, STUDENT
    SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
    IDENTIFY THE FOUR IDENTIFY THE
    MAJOR THREE FACTORS
    COMPONENTS OF THAT SUSTAIN
    EARTH'S LIFE LIFE ON EARTH;
    SUPPORT SYSTEM;

    EXPLAIN WHAT
    WILL HAPPEN
    WHEN SOLAR
    ENERGY
    REACHED THE
    EARTH SURFACE.
    THE EARTH’S LIFE-SUPPORT
    SYSTEM HAS FOUR MAJOR
    COMPONENTS
    Scientific studies reveal that the earth’s life-support system
    consists of four main spherical systems that interact with one
    another—the atmosphere (air), the hydrosphere (water), the
    geosphere (rock, soil, sediment), and the biosphere (living
    things)
    THE 4 EARTH’S LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM

    1. Atmosphere (air)
    2. Hydrosphere (water)
    3. Geosphere (rock, soil, sediment)
    4. Biosphere (living things)
    THE 4 EARTH’S LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM

    1. Atmosphere (air) - is a thin spherical envelope of


    gases surrounding the earth’s surface
    Its inner layer, the troposphere, extends only about 17 kilometers
    (11 miles) above sea level at the tropics and about 7 kilometers (4
    miles) above the earth’s north and south poles. It contains the
    majority of the air that we breathe, consisting mostly of nitrogen
    (78% of the total volume) and oxygen (21%). The remaining 1%
    of the air includes water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane, all
    of which are called greenhouse gases, because they trap heat and
    thus warm the lower atmosphere. Almost all of the earth’s
    weather occurs in this layer. The next layer, stretching 17– 50
    kilometers (11–31 miles) above the earth’s surface, is the
    stratosphere. Its lower portion contains enough ozone (O3) gas to
    filter out most of the sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation. This
    global sunscreen allows life to exist on land and in the surface
    layers of bodies of water
    THE 4 EARTH’S LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM

    2. Hydrosphere - consists of all of the water on or near the


    earth’s surface. It is found as liquid water (on the surface
    and underground), ice (polar ice, icebergs, and ice in frozen
    soil layers called permafrost), and water vapor in the
    atmosphere. Most of this water is in the oceans, which
    cover about 71% of the globe.
    THE 4 EARTH’S LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM

    3. Geosphere - consists of the earth’s intensely hot core, a


    thick mantle composed mostly of rock, and a thin outer
    crust.
    THE 4 EARTH’S LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM

    4. Biosphere - Occupies those parts of the atmosphere,


    hydrosphere, and geosphere where life exists. . If the earth
    were an apple, the biosphere would be no thicker than the
    apple’s skin. The goal of ecology is to understand the
    interactions in this thin layer of air, water, soil, and
    organisms.
    MAJOR BIOMES OF THE WORLD
    RAINFOREST GRASS LAND AQUATIC

    DESERT TUNDRA
    THREE FACTORS SUSTAIN THE
    EARTH’S LIFE
    1. The one-way flow of high-quality energy from the sun.
    2. The cycling of matter or nutrients.
    3. Gravity
    THREE FACTORS SUSTAIN THE
    EARTH’S LIFE
    1. Sun - through living things in their feeding
    interactions, into the environment as low-quality energy
    (mostly heat dispersed into air or water at a low
    temperature), and eventually back into space as heat. No
    round-trips are allowed because high-quality energy
    cannot be recycled. The first and second laws of
    thermodynamics govern this energy flow
    THREE FACTORS SUSTAIN THE
    EARTH’S LIFE
    2.The cycling of matter or nutrients (the atoms, ions, and compounds
    needed for survival by living organisms) - through parts of the
    biosphere. Because the earth is closed to significant inputs of matter
    from space, its essentially fixed supply of nutrients must be continually
    recycled to support life. Nutrient movements in ecosystems and in the
    biosphere are round-trips, which can take from seconds to centuries to
    complete. The law of conservation of matter governs this nutrient
    cycling process.
    THREE FACTORS SUSTAIN THE
    EARTH’S LIFE
    3. Gravity - allows the planet to hold onto its atmosphere
    and helps to enable the movement and cycling of chemicals
    through the air, water, soil, and organisms.
    WHAT HAPPENS TO SOLAR ENERGY
    REACHING THE EARTH?
    THANK YOU
    SO MUCH

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