Envi scie exam Flashcards
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surroundings that have the conditions for living organisms to operate.
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Environment
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Derived from the French word
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which means surroundings.
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Components of Environment (4 interlinking systems of environment)
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Hydrosphers, litosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere
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- all water bodies such as lakes, ponds, rivers, streams and ocean etc.
- functions in a cyclic nature, which is termed as hydrological cycle or water cycle.
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Hydrosphere
5
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- mantle of rocks constituting the earth’s crust.
- Mainly, contains soil, earth rocks, mountain etc.
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Litosphere
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- cover of the air
- thin layer which contains gases like oxygen, carbon dioxide etc
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Atmosphere
7
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- life layer
- all organisms on the earth’s surface and their interaction with water and air.
- It consists of plants, animals and micro-organisms
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Biosphere
8
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Five Concentric layer of atmosphere
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Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
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- 99 percent of all water vapor and aerosols.
- Most of Earth’s weather happens here
- Most aviation takes place here
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Troposphere
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- home to Earth’s ozone layer
- nearly cloud- and weather-free.
- highest part of the atmosphere that jet planes can reach.
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Stratosphere
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- top of this layer is the coldest place found within the Earth system
- noctilucent clouds, the highest clouds in Earth’s atmosphere
- Most meteors burn up
- Sounding rockets and rocket-powered aircraft
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Mesosphere
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- lowest part contains ionosphere.
- Cloud and water vapor free.
- aurora borealis and aurora australis are sometimes seen here. The International Space Station orbits in the thermosphere.
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Thermosphere
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- highest layer of Earth’s atmosphere.
- No weather at all
- the aurora borealis and aurora australis are sometimes seen in its lowest part.
- Earth satellites orbit in the exosphere.
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Exosphere-
14
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interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences.
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Environmental Science
15
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Scope of Environmenta Science
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environmental studies has been seen to be multidisciplinary in nature so it is considered to be a subject with great scope.
