Biosphere

Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Lithosphere

Atmosphere:
Gaseous mass
Surrounding a celestial body
Important because: To breathe and to maintain temperature.
Layers
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
Troposphere
Biosphere:
Hydrosphere:
Aqueous vapor of the atmosphere
Including bodies of water
Important because:
Water is life
Life
Biodiversity
Beauty, religion, culture and experience
Lithosphere: the rigid outer layers of Earths surface; is composed of
(form outer to inner) the continental crust, the oceanic crust, and the
upper most mantle, all floating on the semi-molten rock of the mantle.
How is new rock made? Where does the material for new rock come
from?
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Magma (when its inside the volcano)
Lava (when it comes out)
Then when it dries out it become hard, it become a rock

Connections:
Lithosphere and hydrosphere:
Helps create the worlds water supply.
Atmosphere and lithosphere:
Biosphere and lithosphere:
-Most plants on earth require soil to grow
-All other life on Earth depends on
Biosphere and hydrosphere:
All life on earth requires water to survive.
Evaporation
Precipitation
Condensation
Diversity: variety
How many different species exist on Earth?
Scientists have identified 2 million species
Ten million remain unknown

3 components of biodiversity:
1. Diversity of genes
Why is genetic diversity important?
2. Diversity of species:
3. Variety of ecosystems:
Biodiversity has intrinsic value and Utilitarian value
Intrinsic value: Something that has value in and of itself
Utilitarian value: the value something has as a means to another end.

Utilitarian values include:

Goods
Services
Information
What

do we get from biodiversity?

Oxygen
Food
Clean water
Medicine
Aesthetics
Ideas

Biodiversity ideas
Biomedical computation (medicine)
Biomedical devices
Biomedical imasging
Cell and molecular engineering
Regenerative medicine
Threats to biodiversity:
Habitat destruction
Pollution
Species introductions
Global climate change
Exploitation