ENVI CHEM WEEK 1

• The Technological University of the Philippines Visayas is a property of Technological University of the Philippines Visayas and is intended for educational purposes only.
• The Technological University of the Philippines Visayas aims to be the premier state university with recognized excellence in engineering and technology at par with leading universities in the ASEAN region.
• The consequences of the overexploitation of natural resources are a topic of concern for Iberdrola.
• Urbanization impacts are a significant issue that Friends of the Earth addresses.
• Natural resource use and its consequences are a topic of concern for Friends of the Earth.
• Various human activities that affect an ecosystem are a topic of interest for Friends of the Earth.
• The Technological University of the Philippines Visayas provides higher and advanced vocational, technical, industrial, technological and professional education and training in industries and technology, and in practical arts leading to certificates, diplomas and degrees.
• The Technological University of the Philippines Visayas provides progressive leadership in applied research, developmental studies in technical, industrial, and technological fields and production using indigenous materials; effect technology transfer in the countryside; and assist in the development of small-and- medium scale industries in identified growth center.
• The Technological University of the Philippines Visayas commits to provide quality higher and advanced technological education; conduct relevant research and extension projects; continually improve its value to customers through enhancement of personnel competence and effective quality management system compliant to statutory and regulatory requirements; and adhere to its core values.
• The crust, the earth’s outer skin, is the layer that is accessible to humans and is extremely thin compared to the diameter of the earth, ranging from 5 to 40 km thick.
• The Anthroposphere is that part of the environment “made” or modified by humans and used for their activities.
• An assembly of mutually interacting organisms and their environment in which materials are interchanged in a largely cyclical manner is known as ecosystem.
• The environment in which a particular organism lives is called habitat.
• The terms fauna and flora are collective names given to animals and plants respectively.
• Life in the Biosphere depends on the sun's energy and on the circulation of heat and essential nutrients.
• There are two types of natural resources: renewable and non-renewable.
• The Biosphere is virtually contained by the geosphere and hydrosphere in the very thin layer where these environmental spheres interface with the atmosphere.
• The Biosphere strongly influences bodies of water, producing biomass required for life in the water and mediating oxidation-reduction reactions in the water.
• A natural resource is what people can use which comes from the natural environment.
• The Biosphere strongly influences, and in turn is strongly influenced by, the other parts of the environment.
• The Anthroposphere has strongly influenced the biosphere and changed it drastically.
• The Anthroposphere is a strongly interconnection to the biosphere.
• There is a continuous interaction between the various sections of the environment and the flora and fauna.
• The Biosphere is the earth's relatively thin zone of air, soil, and water that is capable of supporting life, ranging from about 10 km into the atmosphere to the deepest ocean floor.
• The core values of the Technological University of the Philippines Visayas are Transparent and participatory governance, Unity in the pursuit of TUP mission, goals, and objectives, Professionalism in the discharge of quality service, Integrity and commitment to maintain the good name of the University, Accountability for individual and organizational quality performance, Nationalism through tangible contribution to the rapid economic growth of the country, and Shared responsibility, hard work, and resourcefulness in compliance to the mandates of the university.
• The hydrosphere is a protective blanket which nurtures life on the Earth and protects it from the hostile environment of outer space.
• The geosphere, is that part of the Earth upon which humans live and from which they extract most of their food, minerals, and fuels.
• The hydrosphere occurs in all spheres of the environment — in the oceans as a vast reservoir of saltwater, on land as surface water in lakes and rivers, underground as groundwater, in the atmosphere as water vapor, in the polar icecaps as solid ice, and in many segments of the anthrosphere such as in boilers or municipal water distribution systems.
• The hydrosphere carries energy and matter through various spheres of the environment.
• The hydrosphere carries plant nutrients from soil into the bodies of plants by way of plant roots.
• The hydrosphere absorbs solar energy in oceans and this energy is carried as latent heat and released inland when it evaporates from oceans.
• The hydrosphere is an essential part of all living systems and is the medium from which life evolved and in which life exists.
• The hydrosphere leaches soluble constituents from mineral matter and carries them to the ocean or leaves them as mineral deposits some distance from their sources.
• Environmental science is most concerned with the lithosphere.
• The geosphere is divided into layers, which include the solid, iron-rich inner core, molten outer core, and the lithosphere - which consists of the upper mantle and the crust.
• The lithosphere extends to depths of 100 km and comprises two shells — the crust and upper mantle.
• The hydrosphere is the layer of water that, in the form of the oceans, covers about 70% of Earth’s surface and over 97% of this water exists in oceans.
• Another learning outcome of the subject is to analyze causes and effects of environmental degradation.
• The subject deals with the study of chemical processes affecting natural systems (air, water, and soils), focusing on the sources, reactions, and effects of chemical species in air, water, and soil environment.
• For excused absences during the exam, the university policy will be followed.