1. What is Environmental Science? Many people Scientists & non-scientists Decisions – Our role on the Earth

2. Who are the people involved? ScientistsNon-Scientists BiologistsEngineer ChemistsPolitician MeteorologistsDoctors GeoscientistEngineers

3. What is the Biosphere? Zone of life, where life exists

4. What are the Earth Systems the Biosphere depends on? Lithosphere – minerals Atmosphere – gasses Hydrosphere – water

5. What supplies the energy to our Earth systems? The sun – solar energy

6. What does the sun’s energy do to our systems? Makes them circulate

7. What is a biome? Large geographic region with shared characteristics that allow distinct plant life

8. What are the two features used to characterize each biome? Climate Soil

9. Seven Biomes Tundra – Very cold, permafrost Desert – very hot, low humidity Tropical Rainforest – very wet, hot Grasslands- Temperate, prairie dog,bison Tropical Savannah lion, zebra Taiga – Conifers = pine trees Temperate Deciduous Forest- our biome

10. What is difference between abiotic and biotic? Living vs. non-living

11. Biotic Items Predator Competition Populations Plants Fungus (fungi)