What is Earth System Science?

Question 1

The study of Earth as an integrated system

Answer 1

Earth System Science (ESS)

Question 2

A prominent Russian mineralogist and geochemist involved in sustainability

Answer 2

Vladimir Vernadsky

Question 3

The capacity of Earth to continue to support human life w/o depletion of natural resources

Answer 3

Sustainability

Question 4

The sphere of human consciousness or thought and mental activity

Answer 4

Noosphere

Question 5

A German geographer and naturalist who established the foundation of ESS w/ his research on organism dispersal and distribution

Answer 5

Alexander von Humboldt

Question 6

A Scottish farmer and naturalist who is considered the father of modern geology

Answer 6

James Hutton

Question 7

The geological forces in the past are the same as those in the present

Answer 7

Uniformitarianism

Question 8

Worked on the Gaia hypothesis (i)

Answer 8

James Lovelock

Question 9

Worked on the Gaia hypothesis (ii)

Answer 9

Lynn Margulis

Question 10

Old English word for Earth

Answer 10

Ertha

Question 11

Greek word for Earth

Answer 11

Gaia

Question 12

Latin word for Earth

Answer 12

Terra