What other things do YOU like to use?

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What other things do YOU like to use?
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1. Why study Earth Science?2. What is a
system?3. What are sources of energy that
drive Earths systems?4. What is Earth
Science?5. What are the Earths four major
spheres?6. What was the significance of Apollo
8?
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Why Earth Science?

• Because nearly everything we do each day is
  connected in some way to the Earth to its land,
  oceans, atmosphere, plants, and animals
• Because just as Earth systems directly affect us,
  we - as individuals, communities and nations -
  affect our planet
• Because we LIVE on Earth!!
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  Source AGI 2014

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Windows To the Universe
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Apollo 8 -
1968Looking at our planet from this vantage
point makes it easy to see that all its parts -
the living things, the air, the water, the ice,
and the rocks - are connected. Everything on
Earth is part of ONE system. This iconic
picture taken from Apollo 8 in 1968 changed how
scientists, and the general public, view our
Earth. As a result, the ideas of Earth System
Science was developed.
Windows To the Universe
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What is a system?

• A system can be any size group of interacting
  parts that form a complex whole

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What are the sources of energy that drive Earths
systems?

• Heat energy from inside the Earth
• Radiation from our closest star . . . The sun

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Apollo 8
http//youtu.be/m5ODWzoxobg
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What is Earth Science?

• It is the name for a group of sciences that deals
  with Earth and its neighbors
• It includes the study of Earths interior,
  rocks, soil, the atmosphere, oceans and outter
  space

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What are Earths four major spheres?
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
Geosphere
Atmosphere
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http//youtu.be/_tvWDPBNiD4
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1. Why study Earth Science?2. What is a
system?3. What are sources of energy that
drive Earths systems?4. What is Earth
Science?5. What are the Earths four major
spheres?6. What was the significance of Apollo
8?