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16.2 COMPOSITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE KEY TERMS: air, aerosols, ozone ■ Air is a mixture of many discrete gases, and its composition varies from time to time and from place to place. If water vapor, dust, and other variable components of the atmosphere are removed, clean, dry air is composed...

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Chapter 1 Lecture


Earth Science
Fourteenth Edition, Global Edition




Introduction to
Earth Science


Jennifer Mangan
James Madison University



© 2015 Pearson Education Ltd.

, Earth Science

• All sciences that seek to understand Earth
• Understanding of Earth’s neighbors in space




© 2015 Pearson Education Ltd.

, Earth Science

• Earth Science includes
– Geology – literally the “study of Earth”
– Oceanography – a study of the ocean
– Meteorology – the study of the atmosphere and the
processes that produce weather
– Astronomy – the study of the universe




© 2015 Pearson Education Ltd.

, Earth Science is Environmental Science

• Natural hazards
• Resources
• People Influence Earth processes




© 2015 Pearson Education Ltd.

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