EARTH AND SCIENCE

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  • For how many years does earth exited?
    4.5 billion years
  • What are the factors of earth?
    Atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere.
  • Temperature influences what?

    It influences how quickly atoms, molecules, or organisms move.
  • What is of Low Temperature?

    Slows down chemical reactions, produces ice.
  • What is High Temperature?

    Breakdown of important biological molecules
  • What Radiogenic Heat?

    Heat emitted by the planet
  • Goldilocks Zone

    Earths location where the temperature is just right
  • What is water?

    A liquid compound made of hydrogen and oxygen. Most important ingredient in biological processes. The absence of water will interfere the with reactions necessary for life.
  • Atmosphere
    Provides chemicals needed for life; carbon, dioxide, nitrogen It is also provides shield from the sun It have an greenhouse gasses like carbon dioxide and methane
  • Ozone
    The earths shield from the suns UV radiation
  • Energy
    Earth has rich sunlight to support life Living organisms like plants and photosynthesis bacteria use light as a source of energy Chemosynthetic organisms rely on chemical energy to support biological processes
  • Nutrients
    Essential factor used to build and maintain organisms body structure