“The Uniqueness of Earth as the

only Planet in the Solar System

with Properties Necessary to
Support Life”
EARTH
• Is the only place in the universe that can support
life because it possess the properties necessary for
life.
• It is modest sized planet that orbits around the
sun.
Life on EARTH is UBIQUITOUS

• Meaning can found everywhere.

• It is found in boiling mud pots and hots spring,
deep oceans and even under Antarctic sheets.
Many continental areas are too high or to cold for
humans to steep inhabit, yet earth is so hospitable
to life.
CHARACTERISTICS OR FACTORS
THAT MAKES EARTH UNIQUE OR
HABITABLE
EARTH HAS A WATER
• Water covers approximately 70% of the earth’s
surface and the rest 30% is available in the form of
land for a terrestrial life form.
• Blue planet as it looks blue from the space due to
for presence of water bodies.
ENERGY SOURCES ON EARTH
•The primary source of energy for us is
sunlight this energy flows from one
organism to another in different ways.
•Apart from sunlight there are many
other sources of energy available on
earth like wind energy, geothermal
energy, hydroelectric energy.
ATMOSPHERE

• The Earth has its atmosphere that extends up to

10,000km in the space. However it is dense up to
50km from the earth surface.
Five(5) Main layers of Atmosphere
• TROPOSPHERE – The air are breathe and clouds in the sky.
• STRATOSPHERE – Ozone layer.
• MESOSPHERE – Protects earth from large meteoroids.
• THERMOSPHERE – the hottest layer, this layer can reached up
to 4,500 degrees Fahrenheit, it is also absorbs the sun radiation
making it very hot.
• EXOSPHERE – It is the most distant layer of the Atmosphere and
the First line that protects the planet against U.V RAYS and large
meteoroids.
TEMPERATURE AND DISTANCE
• Only the earth’s surface is in this temperature
range, having the right distance from the sun give
the light temperature to our planet.
• It’s a blessing to have ideal distance from the sun.
• Earth is approximately 149,597,870,700 meters or
92.592 million miles away from the sun.
NUTRIENTS
•Planets without systems to deliver
nutrients to its organism can’t
support life.
EARTH IS RICH IN MINERALS

• Earth is a treasure of various minerals

• Minerals are essential part of our life.
• Earth has most of the iron content. Approximately
80% of the earths core is composed of iron.
EARTH’S MOON
• The earth has only one(1) moon. It plays vital
role in balancing the climate of the planet.
• It helps maintain the steadiness of Earth’s
atmosphere.
• It also helps to prevent unwanted extreme
weather conditions in the earth by stabilizing
the effects.
EARTH IS BIG MAGNET

•Molten iron core of the earth create a

magnetic field called
MAGNETOSPHERE.
 Earth has given us everything needed
to survive. This is the reason why it
address our planet “MOTHER
EARTH”.
EARTH AND EARTH
SUBSYSTEMS
 The Earth system is essentially a
closed system. It receives energy from
the sun and returns some of this
energy to space.
ATMOSPHERE

• Theatmosphere is the thin gaseous layer that

envelopes the lithosphere.
• The present atmosphere is composed of 78%
nitrogen (N2), 21% oxygen (O2), 0.9% Argon, and
trace amount of other gases.
• One of the most important processes by
which the heat on the Earth’s surface is
redistributed is through atmospheric
circulation.
• There is also a constant exchange of heat and
moisture between the atmosphere and
hydrosphere through that hydrologic cycle
LITHOSPHERE
•The lithosphere includes the rocks of the
crust and mantle, the metallic liquid
outer core, and the solid metallic inner
core.
HYDROSPHERE
• About 70% of the earth is covered with liquid water
(hydrosphere) and much of it is in the form of
ocean water.
• Only 3% of Earth’s water is fresh: two-thirds are in
the form of ice, and the remaining one-third is
present in streams, lakes, and groundwater.
BIOSPHERE
• It covers all ecosystem – from the soil to the
rainforest, from mangroves to coral reefs,
and from the plankton-rich ocean surface to
the deep sea.
• It also called the large ecosystem.