EARTH AND
EARTHS’ SUBSYTEM
Earth and Life Science
The Habitual zone
Habitable zone - is the distance from a star at
which liquid water could exist on orbiting planets'
surfaces. Habitable zones are also known as
Goldilocks' zones, where conditions might be just
right – neither too hot nor too cold – for life.
EARTH AND
EARTHS’ SUBSYTEM
Earth and Life Science
WHAT IS
EARTH ?
WHAT IS
EARTH ?
WHAT IS
EARTH ?
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WHAT IS
EARTH ?
WHAT ARE THE FACTORS
THAT MAKE THE PLANET
HABITABLE?
WHAT ARE THE FACTORS
THAT MAKE THE PLANET
HABITABLE?
Temperature Atmosphere Energy Nutrients
Temperature
Not Enough of the Just Right Too Much of the Situation in the
factors factor solar system.
Low temp = Slow 0 – 15 °C to 115 °C live 0 at 125 °C proteins, Only Earth surface is in
reaction (Chemical) thrives and liquid carbohydrates, and the temperature
water exist. DNA/RNA start to range.
Low temp. = Froze break a part.
water, thus, no liquid
water High temp. = water
evaporates faster.
Atmosphere
Not Enough of the Just Right Too Much of the Situation in the
factors factor solar system.
Small planets or Earth and Venus are Venus atmosphere is Earth and Venus have
moons have the right size to hold 100 time thicker than significant
insufficient gravity to sufficient atmosphere. our planet Earth. atmosphere.
hold an atmosphere.
Earth atmosphere has Mars atmosphere
480 KM. have 1 % compare to
ours
Energy
Not Enough of the Just Right Too Much of the Situation in the
factors factor solar system.
Too little sunlight Steady input of light Too much light energy Inner planets receives
chemicals and and chemical energy, means high temp. and light than other
organism die. cells function. harmful radiation and planets.
it will cause by UV
rays.
Nutrients
Not Enough of the Just Right Too Much of the Situation in the
factors factor solar system.
Planets without Solid planets have Too much activities Earth has water cycle,
system to deliver nutrients in them those prevents organism atmosphere, and
nutrients to its with water cycle, and ability to get enough volcanoes to circulate
organism cannot geological activities nutrients. nutrients.
support life. can transport and
replenish chemicals
needed by organism.
Earth
• Liquid water
• Thick atmosphere
• Plate tectonics
Earth is Habitable….
Subsystem of the Earth
Earth’s Subsystem
Hydrosphere Atmosphere Geosphere Biosphere
Hydrosphere
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Earth’s Subsystem
Hydrosphere Atmosphere Geosphere Biosphere
Atmosphere
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Atmosphere
Atmosphere
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Earth’s Subsystem
Hydrosphere Atmosphere Geosphere Biosphere
Geosphere
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Geosphere
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Geosphere
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Geosphere
Geosphere
Earth’s Subsystem
Hydrosphere Atmosphere Geosphere Biosphere
Biosphere
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Questions?
What do you think
about
Interconnectedness?
Principle of
Interconnectedness
