NATS 1880 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Epicenter, Thermophile, Convergent Boundary
11 Jan 2018
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The big picture: all the factors - physical geology, wind (air), water, etc. , and how they combine in complex ways, make up an environment, be able to look at all the factors of the earth. Characteristics of a planet: position in the solar system, how is it that the position give output about the environment, physical body and lithosphere of the planet (the geology of the planet), distribution of material of the planet. Lithosphere is the top layer of any planetary object: magnetic field, atmosphere (air) and hydrosphere (water: oceans, lakes, rivers) Position: earth is the 3rd planet from the sun in our solar system. At this distance water can exist in a liquid state. This means for most of the earth there is a period of light, and a period of dark: earth also has a single moon. It too, may give earth a significant amount of protection from bombardment: 5th planet out.
