4 Subsystems Flashcards
4 subsystems
Atmosphere
Geosphere
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
-It makes up of all the gases on Earth.
-It has no specific boundary but an imaginary line called the Karman line separates the atmosphere and outer space.
Athmosphere
Weather 14.5km
Troposphere
Ozone layer 14.5-50km
Stratosphere
Coldest layer 50-85km
Mesosphere
Aurora burrels
Ionosphäre
Hottest layer 85-600km
Thermosphere
Outer layer. Fartest layer
Exosphere
-It includes all the soil, rocks, and minerals present in the crust to the core of Earth.
-It is divided into three layers namely crust, mantle, and core.
crust
Geosphere
the outermost layer of the geosphere. It is made mostly of silicate materials.
Crust
2 types of crust
- OCEANIC CRUST that lies beneath the oceanic floors is about 5 km to 10 km thick.
- CONTINENTAL CRUST thicker, that makes up the continents is about 15 km to 70 km thick.
2 types of crust
- OCEANIC CRUST that lies beneath the oceanic floors is about 5 km to 10 km thick.
- CONTINENTAL CRUST thicker, that makes up the continents is about 15 km to 70 km thick.
-which lies just below the crust, is made mostly of silicate rocks rich in magnesium and iron.
Mantle
-which lies just below the crust, is made mostly of silicate rocks rich in magnesium and iron.
Mantle
-It is about 2 900 km thick.
-The _ has increasing temperatures at increasing depths.
Mantle