Gaia hypothesis Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

A-level POLITICS 7152/3 Paper 3 Political Ideas Mark scheme June 2020 Version: 1.0 Final *206A7152/3/MS* Mark schemes are prepared by the Lead Assessment Writer and considered, together with the relevant questions, by a panel of subject teachers. This mark scheme includes any amendments made at the standardisation events which all associates participate in and is the scheme which was used by them in this examination. ...

System - Answer-An assemblage of parts and their relationship forming a functioning entirely or whole Open System - Answer-Exchanges matter AND energy Closed System - Answer-Exchanges ONLY energy Isolated System - Answer-DOES NOT exchange matter or energy. Theoretical. 1st Law of Thermodyamics - Answer-Energy is neither created nor destroyed. IT ONLY CHANGES FORMS. 2nd Law of Thermodynamics - Answer-The entropy of a closed system increases. When energy is transformed into work, some e...

model - Answer-a simplified description designed to show the structure or working of an object, system or concept. open system - Answer-type ***** in which both matter and energy are exchanged with its surroundings closed system - Answer-type ****** in which energy but not matter is exchanged with its surroundings Gaia hypothesis - Answer-developed by James Lovelock, compares the Earth to a living organism in which feedback mechanisms maintain equilibrium isolated system - Answer-typ...

model a simplified description designed to show the structure or working of an object, system or concept. open system type ***** in which both matter and energy are exchanged with its surroundings closed system type ****** in which energy but not matter is exchanged with its surroundings Gaia hypothesis developed by James Lovelock, compares the Earth to a living organism in which feedback mechanisms maintain equilibrium

Atom - answer-Fundamental building block of all matter Molecule - answer-Two or more atoms Cell - answer-Basic form of life; smallest unit of life Organ - answer-A grouping of tissues engaged in a collective task Tissue - answer-Specialized cells organized in a pattern Organelle - answer-Structure that carries out a specialized metabolic function within a living cell Organ System - answer-A set of organs engaged in a collective task that keeps the body functioning properly O...

Provides a knowledge based summary for environmental ethics and the strengths and weaknesses of certain scholarly arguments.

System An assemblage of parts and the relationships between them which enable them to work together to form a functioning whole Ecosystem A community of organisms and their abiotic environment Biome A group of ecosystems with a similar climate The Gaia Hypothesis - The proposition that the Earth can be regarded as a single functioning system - Suggested by James Lovelock - Developed further by Lynn Margulis

A-level Politics 7152/3 Political ideas Report on the Examination 7152 June 2024 Version: 1.0 Further copies of this Report are available from AQA retains the copyright on all its publications. However, registered schools/colleges for AQA are permitted to copy material from this booklet...

IB ESS Foundations of Environmental Systems. The environment of an animal or plant can be defined as the external surroundings that act on it and affect its survival. A system is a collection of parts and the relationships between them, which together make up a whole. Systems have inputs, outputs and storages. A society is a group of individuals who share some common characteristics such as geographical location, cultural background, historical timeframe, religious perspective, or value sy...

model - Answer- a simplified description designed to show the structure or working of an object, system or concept. open system - Answer- type ***** in which both matter and energy are exchanged with its surroundings closed system - Answer- type ****** in which energy but not matter is exchanged with its surroundings Gaia hypothesis - Answer- developed by James Lovelock, compares the Earth to a living organism in which feedback mechanisms maintain equilibrium isolated system - Answer...