Earth Processes
Driving Question/Final Answer
How do human activities change the planet?
Humans affect the earth by garbage, plastic and it needs to stop NOW!
Why is carbon important?
carbon is one of the essential building blocks of organic life.
Carbon takes in the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, CO2, Burning fossil fuels releases massive amounts of carbon into the atmosphere and to the Earth.
While processes that absorb it are called carbon “sinks.” Forests, soil, oceans, the atmosphere, and fossil fuels are important stores of carbon.
Carbon and the gases are important to our atmosphere leading to fossil fuels for the stores of carbon
What issues does waste from humans cause?
Humans need to be more careful, and watch for garbage.
Humans create waste issues by not picking up thier trash, throwing garbage out the window, not reclycing.
There is plastic waste in the ocean, and destroying our planet. Sizes of Texas are covered in the ocean by garbage
There is palstic waste in the ocean, and destroying our planet. Sizes of Texas are covered in the ocean by garbage
What is the impact of developing and using energy resources on Earth’s living and non-living systems?
Mining can be a difficult task and may be dangerous but its good in the long run.
Pros- Job creation, Environmental stewardship, Provides essential resources, Enormous earning
Cons- Water pollution, Cause landslides, Acid rock drainage, Harmful to human health, Heavy metal contamination
Mining can be difficult, there are pros and cons in everything you do and it might be worth it in the end.
. How do some changes create feedback that affect other Earth 66 systems?
With population and demand increasing, it is putting a stress on the four spheres.
Hydrosphere - liquid freshwater is 3% of Earth’s water.
Geosphere - Land is vulnerable to erosion and flooding.
Atmosphere - Greenhouse gases.
We learned about the spheres in class and how they helped our enviroment
How did life and Earth systems coevolve?
Goldilocks was just right in the story, so its comparing to the perfect distance from the sun.
Refers to the Earth seemingly at the perfect distance from the Sun, in order to sustain oceans of liquid water for life
We talked about how Goldilocks is related to the book by being the same or close
How does water affect Earth’s surface processes?
Water moving across the earth in streams and rivers pushes along soil and breaks down pieces of rock
Soil flters the water, provides nutrients to our forests and crops
Everyone needs soil, without soil we lose a lot of crops/ plants/ food, and it wouldnt be healthy to our enviroment