APSC 151 Terms Questions
And Answers
understanding the impacts of our work on our planet
✓✓✓✓~ We can't do sustainable engineering without
Lithosphere
✓✓✓✓~ Solid earth
Atmosphere
✓✓✓✓~ gases (the air)
Hydrosphere
✓✓✓✓~ all the water on and in the earth
Biosphere
✓✓✓✓~ all life
Geosphere
,✓✓✓✓~ Lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere. (all earth systems)
ice, rivers, lakes, groundwater, soil moisture
✓✓✓✓~ Fresh water includes ____
2.8%, 97.2%
✓✓✓✓~ fresh water makes up ___ of earths water, and the ocean ___
Exosphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Ozone Layer,
Troposphere
✓✓✓✓~ Atmosphere is made up of __
Trophosphere
✓✓✓✓~ 12 km thick - the air we interact with
Ozone layer
✓✓✓✓~ 20-30km - Protects us from sun's radiation
3mm
,✓✓✓✓~ If the ozone layer is brought from 20km altitude to the Earth's surface this layer
would be __ thick
atmosphere
✓✓✓✓~ 20km thick, All weather occurs in this layer, We cannot survive above 8km, The
temperature at the top of this layer is -60C
Sun's energy
✓✓✓✓~ World wide movement of the atmosphere is driven by the ___
Rainforests, Desert, Tundra, Temperate Zone
✓✓✓✓~ are consequences of solar radiation and atmospheric convection
the Hydrosphere
✓✓✓✓~ Major climate control results from interaction with "the" __
550 gigatons of carbon
✓✓✓✓~ biosphere is composed of __
0.01%
, ✓✓✓✓~ Humans make up ____ (1 in 10,000) of the Earth's Biomass
- first animals to globally impact the planet
CRUST, LITHOSPHERE, UPPER MANTLE, LOWER MANTLE, OUTER CORE,
INNER CORE
✓✓✓✓~ Geosphere consists of the ___
5-20km, 30-70km
✓✓✓✓~ Earth's Cool, Solid and Brittle CRUST is ___ thick below oceans and ___ thick on
the continents
Oxygen, Silicon, Aluminum, Iron, Calcium,Magnesium, Sodium, Potassium, and
many other elements in small amounts
✓✓✓✓~ The crust is composed of mainly:
the Lithosphere
✓✓✓✓~ "the" ___ is below the Crust.It is a more ductile solid and is chemically different:
Oxygen, Silicon, Magnesium, IronTotal Thickness (including crust):5-100km thick
under oceans150-250km thick under continents
Asthenosphere, Upper Mantle