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porosity ~ The Volume of Void Space Divided by the Total Volume permeability ~ The ability of fluid to flow through a porous solid Rotary or Percussion Drilling ~ Drill through soil or rock, grinding material to sand seismology ~ The study of earthquake waves seismographs ~ Instruments tha...

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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

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