PPT-Climate and the Biosphere

Photo Credit PLACEUVM https wwwflickrcom photos7415656N033465663029 The Climate and the Biosphere curriculum module is part of a larger set of Earth science modules in the growing . ORGANIZATION IN THE BIOSPHERE. WHAT DOES BIOLOGY MEAN?. THE STUDY OF LIVING THINGS. WE’VE LOOKED AT THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIVING THINGS…. BUT WHERE DO WE FIND ALL LIVING THINGS?. DO WE FIND THEM IN SPACE?. . Alissa. . Buford & . Rahil Alhumaidi. October/10/2013. B-2. What is Biosphere?. The biosphere is the global sum of all ecosystems. .. Root word of Biosphere – “Bio” means “Life”, “sphere” means “ Circle”.. EEn. 2.7 Explain how the lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere individually and collectively affect the biosphere . How do temperature, rainfall, altitude, types of plants and animals, and latitude determine biome classification. Definitions. Weather:. State of the atmosphere at a particular point in time.. Look outside.. Climate:. The accumulation of “weather” (atmospheric state) over a longer time period.. Look outside for a really long time and do statistics. . S. eabottom. . B. iosphere. “It just screamed out that there had to be some kind of microbial community there to exploit the energy involved in this water–rock . reaction”. Introduction to C-DEBI:. HUMANS IN THE BIOSPHERE. Humans in the Biosphere. The . biosphere. is the part of the Earth where life exists, including the land, water, and air. . Human activities that affect the biosphere . are: . Unit 1: . Intro to Environmental Science. What is environmental science? . In a group of 2 or three, write as many words as you can think of that come to your mind when you think of “Environmental Science”. and Matter Exchange in the Biosphere. Unit A. Systems. Objects . or . groups of objects . that has a relationship to something else. Open . Energy and matter cross the systems boundaries. humans, trees. This includes water in the oceans, lakes, rivers, wetlands, polar ice caps, soil, rock layers beneath Earth’s surface, and clouds.. The Hydrosphere. Chapter 3. Section 3 . The Hydrosphere and Biosphere. How does the ocean impact the other spheres of Earth. ?. . OBJECTIVES. At . the end of this lesson you should be able . to:. describe interactions of oceans with other spheres. discuss how ocean waves affect a coastline. 17 January 2011. How and Why Does Climate Change?. Climate changes over a broad range of time scales. Years, decades, centuries, millennia. Many factors combine to affect climate. Variability of incoming solar radiation. week with you!!. Class preview. Current events. Review. Lecture. Close. Review . Poverty cycle. SAPS. Obsolescence. True cost production. Story of Stuff Terms. Planned obsolescence: designing a product with a limited life span to promote future sales.. Many regions close to the equator experience an equatorial climate. These . regions 0° - 10° N and S of the equator . include, the Amazon Basin (South America), the Congo Basin (Africa), Malaysia, Indonesia and some areas in northern . Examples of the both fine-scale and larger-scale signature of climate and climate history include:. Effect of differences in climate on landforms . Relict . topography formed by now inactive . processes..