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APSC 151 Week 1 Questions
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What is sustainable engineering


✓✓✓✓~ Engineering that meets the needs of the present

without compromising the viability of future and minimizes negative impacts on culture, life
and the environment we live in




Earth systems


✓✓✓✓~ hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere




Hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, biosphere, lithosphere


✓✓✓✓~ Water, air, earth, all life, solid earth




What layers make up the atmosphere


✓✓✓✓~ Exosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, ozone layer, troposphere




Atmosphere


✓✓✓✓~ the envelope of gases surrounding the earth

All weather occurs in this layer, we cannot survive about 8km

, Temperature at the top of this layer is -60C




Exosphere


✓✓✓✓~ The outer layer of the thermosphere, extending outward into space.




Thermosphere


✓✓✓✓~ The uppermost layer of the atmosphere, in which temperature increases as altitude
increases




Mesosphere


✓✓✓✓~ The strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core




Stratosphere


✓✓✓✓~ 12 to 50 km, Ozone held here, absorbs UV radiation




Troposphere


✓✓✓✓~ 0-17 km above Earth's surface, site of weather, organisms, contains most
atmospheric water vapor. (temperature decreases with increasing altitude, pressure
decreases)




Ozone layer

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