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Earth Science, 13e

Earth Science, 13e. Tarbuck & Lutgens. Introduction to Earth Science Earth Science, 13e Chapter 1. Stanley C. Hatfield Southwestern Illinois College. Warm up:. List your 4 vocabulary words with definitions. Earth Science. Encompasses all sciences that seek to understand Earth

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Earth Science, 13e

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  1. Earth Science, 13e Tarbuck & Lutgens

  2. Introduction to Earth ScienceEarth Science, 13eChapter 1 Stanley C. Hatfield Southwestern Illinois College

  3. Warm up: • List your 4 vocabulary words with definitions.

  4. Earth Science • Encompasses all sciences that seek to understand • Earth • Earth’s neighbors in space • Earth Science includes • Geology – literally the “study of Earth” • Oceanography – a study of the ocean

  5. Earth Science • Earth Science includes • Meteorology – the study of the atmosphere and the processes that produce weather • Astronomy – the study of the universe

  6. People and the environment • Environment • Surrounds and influences organisms • Physical environment encompasses water, air, soil, and rock • Term “environmental” is usually reserved for those aspects that focus on the relationships between people and the natural environment

  7. People and the environment • Resources • An important focus of the Earth sciences • Includes water, soil, minerals, and energy • Two broad categories • Renewable – can be replenished (examples include plants and energy from water and wind) • Nonrenewable – metals (examples include metals and fuels)

  8. People and the environment • Population • Population of the planet is growing rapidly • Rate of mineral and energy usage has climbed more rapidly than the overall growth of population • Environmental problems • Local, regional, and global

  9. People and the environment • Environmental problems • Human-induced and accentuated • Urban air pollution • Acid rain • Ozone depletion • Global warming • Natural hazards • Earthquakes • Landslides

  10. People and the environment • Environmental problems • Natural hazards continued • Floods • Hurricanes • World population pressures

  11. Scientific inquiry • Science assumes the natural world is • Consistent • Predictable • Goal of science • To discover patterns in nature • To use the knowledge to predict

  12. Scientific inquiry • An idea can become a • Hypothesis (tentative or untested explanation) • Theory (tested and confirmed hypothesis) • Paradigm (a theory that explains a large number of interrelated aspects of the natural world) • Scientific method • Gather facts through observation • Formulate hypotheses and theories

  13. Scientific inquiry • Scientific knowledge is gained through • Following systematic steps • Collecting facts • Developing a hypothesis • Conduct experiments • Re-examine the hypothesis and accept, modify, or reject • Theories that withstand examination • Totally unexpected occurrences

  14. Early evolution of Earth • Origin of Earth • Most researchers believe that Earth and the other planets formed at essentially the same time • Nebular hypothesis • Solar system evolved from an enormous rotating cloud called the solar nebula • Nebula was composed mostly of hydrogen and helium

  15. Early evolution of Earth • Origin of Earth • Nebular hypothesis continued • About 5 billion years ago the nebula began to contract • Assumes a flat, disk shape with the protosun (pre-Sun) at the center • Inner planets begin to form from metallic and rocky clumps • Larger outer planets began forming from fragments with a high percentage of ices

  16. The Nebular hypothesis

  17. Early evolution of Earth • Formation of Earth’s layered structure • As Earth formed, the decay of radioactive elements and heat from high-velocity impacts caused the temperature to increase • Iron and nickel began to melt and sink toward the center • Lighter rocky components floated outward, toward the surface • Gaseous material escaped from Earth’s interior to produce the primitive atmosphere

  18. Earth’s “Spheres” • Hydrosphere • Ocean – the most prominent feature of the hydrosphere • Nearly 71 percent of Earth’s surface • About 97 percent of Earth’s water • Also includes fresh water found in streams, lakes, and glaciers, as well as that found underground

  19. Earth’s “Spheres” • Atmosphere • Thin, tenuous blanket of air • One half lies below 5.6 kilometers (3.5 miles) • Biosphere • Includes all life • Concentrated near the surface in a zone that extends from the ocean floor upward for several kilometers into the atmosphere

  20. Earth’s “Spheres” • Solid Earth • Based on compositional differences, it consists of the crust, mantle, and core • Divisions of the outer portion are based on how materials behave • Lithosphere – rigid outer layer • Divisions of Earth’s surface – continents and ocean basins

  21. Earth’s layered structure

  22. Earth system science • Earth is a dynamic body with many separate but highly interacting parts or spheres • Earth system science studies Earth as a system composed of numerous parts, or subsystems • System – any size group of interacting parts that form a complex whole

  23. Earth system science • System • Closed systems are self-contained (e.g., an automobile cooling system) • Open systems – both energy and matter flow into and out of the system (e.g., a river system)

  24. Earth system science • Feedback mechanisms • Negative-feedback mechanisms resist change and stabilize the system • Positive-feedback mechanisms enhance the system • Earth as a system • Consists of a nearly endless array of subsystems (e.g., hydrologic cycle, rock cycle)

  25. Earth system science • Earth as a system • Sources of energy • Sun – drives external processes such as weather, ocean circulation and erosional processes • Earth’s interior – drives internal processes including volcanoes, earthquakes and mountain building • Humans are part of the Earth system

  26. Create a visual that includes and incorporates:the nebular hypothesis and the Earth’s SpheresDescribe the steps of the Nebular HypothesisDescribe each sphere

  27. Warm up 8/28/13 • Finish your poster! • Name the four spheres • Explain each sphere

  28. Warm up • Name the four spheres • Explain each sphere • Get out your scavenger hunt

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