Activity#1:option C

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 what is
earth
system?
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object
known to harbour and support life. About 29.2% of Earth's surface is land
consisting of continents and islands. The remaining 70.8% is covered with
water, mostly by oceans, seas, gulfs, and other salt-water bodies, but also
by lakes, rivers, and other freshwater, which together constitute the
hydrosphere. Much of Earth's polar regions are covered in ice. Earth's
outer layer is divided into several rigid tectonic plates that migrate across
the surface over many millions of years, while its interior remains active
with a solid iron inner core, a liquid outer core that generates Earth's
magnetic field, and a convective mantle that drives plate tectonics.
HOW EARTH SUPPORT

LIFE TO US

The moon: The Earth has a slight tilt and teeters like a top as it spins,
9 REASON which can cause drastic shifts in climate over the course of thousands
of years. But because of the moon's stabilizing effect on our orbit, our
climate is a lot more steady. Plus, the moon causes the tides, and some
biologists think life began in tidal pools.
Stable rotation: There's no reason to think that a planet without a
stable rotation would be completely inhabitable (actually, some
people think such "eyeball planets" could be our best bet for aliens),
but the regularity and frequency of day and night on this planet go far
to prevent extreme temperatures and encourage life.
A magnetic field: Our planet is blessed with a strong, stable magnetic
field, which staves off the cosmic rays and solar flares that would
otherwise fry the planet every now and then. It's also tied up with the
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• •Dynamic geology: The cloud of gas and dust that eventually coalesced into the Earth contained
enough radioactive elements to keep the core of the planet churning merrily for billions of years.
Without that motion, there wouldn't be a magnetic field at all.
Atmosphere: Of course, we can't discount the importance of the ozone layer. Back in the very early
days of life, plant-like organisms unknowingly made way for animal life by filling the atmosphere
with oxygen. That high-altitude layer of gas shielded early animals from lethal radiation.
Isolation: Venus and Mars are close to the Earth, but our solar system as a whole is in the middle of
nowhere. Because we're far from the major spiral arms of the Milky Way, we're in a lot less danger
of running afoul of some greater star's gravitational pull (among other hazards).
Long-lived sun: Our sun is a yellow dwarf, a relatively rare type of star that's both small and stable.
It also has a long life, and probably won't start to fizzle out for another five billion years or so.
Larger stars generally burn hotter and die sooner, while smaller stars have a tendency to spit out
enormous plumes of radiation.
Plenty of time: The sun has about five billion years left, and the Earth itself is around four
and a half billion years old. But life only arrived in that last half-billion. We're here because
our planet was sturdy enough to last until the first signs of life appeared.
Gas-giant neighbors: Sure, the sun and moon are great, but there's another soldier on the
battlefield to help make Earth habitable: Jupiter. In general, gas giants tend to clump up
near their home stars. But because they're toward the outside of our solar system, their
intense gravity conveniently catches wayward asteroids and comets, making events like
the one that killed the dinosaurs a rarity.
 effects to living things

The world contains a wide diversity of physical

conditions, which creates a variety of
environments where living things can be found. In all these environments, organisms interact
and use available resources, such as food, space, light, heat, water, air, and shelter. Each
population of organisms, and the individuals within it, interact in specific ways that are limited
by and can benefit from other organisms.
Interactions between different organisms are numerous and are usually described according to
their positive (beneficial), negative or neutral effect on others.

The interactions between living things and their non living environment makes up a total
ecosystem; understanding any one part of it requires knowledge of how that part interacts with
the others.
Ecosystems do not ‘collapse’ but do change in function, structure and composition over time due
to natural or human disturbance (examples include the impact of drought, flooding, mowing and
herbicides).
 All organisms exist within ecosystems.
Living things have various structures that enable them to survive: for example,
transport structures in plants allow water and trace elements to move. Similarly
there are digestive structures and respiratory structures in animals and
reproductive structures in plants and animals that assist in organisms functioning
within ecosystems.
Each organism has particular forms of these structures that assist their survival.
In all environments, organisms with similar needs may compete with one another
for limited resources, including food, space, water, air and shelter