The Earth System Model

 

The various earths systems have been working together since the Earth's beginning more than 4.5 billion years ago. They are all dependent on each other and each has it's own unique function. You are going to create a picture model of the Earth System.

 

  1. Open AppleWorks drawing program.

  2. Save as: "Earth system model"

  3. Turn to page viii and ix in the white book.

  4. Read the text on page ix.

  5. You are going to recreate the picture model on page viii.

  6. Using "Google Image" search, find a picture of the earth you can use as the background.

  7. Then try to find pictures of the four spheres (atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere).

  8. Down load these into your model.

  9. Write the explanation of each of the spheres.

  10. Draw the relationship "arrows" for each sphere.

  11. Remember you can rearrange layers on your document.

 


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