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subsystems
Earth’s four
subsystem:
•Lithosphere
•Atmosphere
•Hydrosphere
•biosphere
LITHOSPHE
RE
•‘‘Litho’’- rock and “sphere”- round
•The solid outer section of the earth
•It is believed that at the beginning,
the continents are all locked up into
a huge landmass called PANGEA
WHY IS IT THAT THIS
HUGE LANDMASS
BROKE APART AND
GRADUALLY DRIFTED
TO THEIR PRESENT
POSITION?
PLATE TECTONIC THEORY
• Thermosphere
• Mesopause
• Mesosphere
• Stratopause
• Stratosphere
• Tropopause
• Troposphere
Global Warming