Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Importance of five spheres
- Hydrosphere
- liquid water component of the Earth.
- provides an important place for the human beings and animals to live.
- helps the earth to regulate its temperature to making the temperature of the earth stay within a
range that is acceptable for life to exist.
- uses of water for human and environment
- supplying drinking water
- recreation(swimming,boating)
- industrial processes
- irrigation crops and watering stock
- navigation and shipping
- production of edible fish ,shellfish and crustaceans
- protection of aquatic ecosystem
- wildlife habitats
- scientific study and education
- water distribution
- Atmosphere
- traps heat, making Earth a comfortable temperature
- traps the sun's energy and wards off many of the dangers of space.
- medium of transport for various chemicals
- water (in the form of rain, snow, steam, etc)
- carbon dioxide
- oxygen (for cycling of these chemicals between plants and animals
- nitrogen (which helps plants grow)
- medium for the movement of water
- blocks some of the Sun's dangerous rays from reaching Earth
- a layer of gases surrounding a planet or other material body of sufficient massmthat is held in
place by the gravity of the body.
- Antrosphere
- part of the environment that is made or modified by
humans for use in human activities.
- dominant influence on conditions unde which humankind exists on Earth.
- environment made and operated by humans and their technologies.
- designed and operated in manner that is compatible with sustainibility
- Geosphere
- source of metals
- construction materials
- controls the distribution of minerals, rocks and soils
- fossil fuels
- distribution of mineral resources
- generates natural hazards that shape the land and impact humans
- Biosphere
- occupy ecosystem to undergo complete recycling
- made up of all life
- growth of the human population on Earth
- allows for interaction between lifeforms and the environment
- Interaction between five spheres
- biogeochemical cycle