Answer 1: Environmental science is the science that involves physical, chemical, and biological

surroundings which all living beings interact with, and all the effect of human's activities and their
consequences and impact on environment and it's conditioning.

Answer 2: The difference between environmental science and environmentalism is that

environmental science is a science concerned with how the world naturally functions, on the other
side, environmentalism refers to a movement which it main goal is to improve and protect the nature
from harmful human activities.

Answer 3: Gaia hypothesis consider that Earth and its biological systems act as a single huge entity,
meaning that it is a complex interacting system that can be thought of as a single organism.

Answer 4: The origin of the word "Gaia" is after Greek Gaîa, an earth goddess in Greek myth,
meaning "earth".

Answer 5: The Earth has a shape of an oblate spheroid; meaning is does not have a shape of a perfect
sphere

Answer 6: The main components of Earth are: lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and the
biosphere.

Answer 7: Water covers about 70% of the Earth's surface.

Answer 8: The proportion of salt water is 97 % of water existing on earth's surface, while the
proportion of fresh water is the remaining 3 %

Answer 9: The earthquakes are produced because of plate tectonics; meaning the movement of
earth's plates due to the accumulated stress released at that movement.

Answer 10: The highest mountain ranges are created by tectonic plates pushing together and forcing
the ground up where they meet, known as "orogeny" or "orogenesis”. Volcanic activity can also lead
to the creation of mountain ranges. These volcanoes push up from the surface of the Earth, forming
mountains e.g. what is happening now between the Indian and Eurasian plates, raising the
Himalayan chain.