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APSC 151 Week 1 Exam | Questions & Answers (100 %Score) Latest Updated 2024/2025
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What is sustainable engineering - Engineering that meets the needs of the present

without compromising the viability of future and minimizes negative impacts on culture, life and the
environment we live in



Earth systems - hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere



Hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, biosphere, lithosphere - Water, air, earth, all life, solid earth



What layers make up the atmosphere - Exosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, ozone
layer, troposphere



Atmosphere - the envelope of gases surrounding the earth

All weather occurs in this layer, we cannot survive about 8km

Temperature at the top of this layer is -60C



Exosphere - The outer layer of the thermosphere, extending outward into space.



Thermosphere - The uppermost layer of the atmosphere, in which temperature increases as altitude
increases



Mesosphere - The strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core



Stratosphere - 12 to 50 km, Ozone held here, absorbs UV radiation



Troposphere - 0-17 km above Earth's surface, site of weather, organisms, contains most atmospheric
water vapor. (temperature decreases with increasing altitude, pressure decreases)

, Ozone layer - Layer of the stratosphere with a high concentration of ozone; absorbs most of the Sun's
harmful ultraviolet radiation



Where does major climate control come from - Interaction with the hydrosphere (ocean temperatures
and currents)



Layers of the geosphere - Crust, lithosphere, upper mantle, lower mantle, outer core, inner core



Lithosphere - Bellow the crust, more ductile solid, moves on a melted boundary with the upper mantle



What drives the worldwide movement of the atmosphere

What is local turbulence driven by - The suns energy

Heat exchange with water and land



Rock cycle - Molten magma to IGNEOUS rock

Weathering and erosion to SEDIMENTS

Sediments lithify to SEDIMENTARY rock

Burial and heat create METAMORPHIC rock

Add heat and the cycle starts over



Catastrophism - Shaping of the earths landscape by catastrophes and violent events



Uniformitarisnism - theory that states that the geologic processes that shape Earth are uniform through
time



How many gigatons of carbon in the biosphere - 550



When did sun ands solar system form - 5 billion years ago



When did earth form - 4.5-4.5 billion years ago

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