Module 1

Question 1

The surroundings that have the conditions for living and non-living organisms to operate

Answer 1

environment

Question 2

French word ENVIRON

Answer 2

surrounding

Question 3

The natural environment consists of four interlinking systems/components of the environment

Answer 3

1. atmosphere
2. hydrosphere
3. lithosphere
4. biosphere

Question 4

includes all the bodies of water

Answer 4

hydrosphere

Question 5

contains soil, earths rock, and mountains

Answer 5

Lithosphere

Question 6

covers the air

Answer 6

atmosphere

Question 7

called as the life layer and refers to all organisms on the earths surface

Answer 7

biosphere

Question 8

five concentric layers of the atmosphere

Answer 8

1. troposphere
2. stratosphere
3. mesosphere
4. thermosphere
5. exosphere

Question 9

99% of all the water vapor and aerosols, weather and most aviation takes place here

Answer 9

troposphere

Question 10

home to the earths ozone layer, weather and cloud free, jet place are placed here

Answer 10

stratosphere

Question 11

coldest within the earths system, noctilucent clouds are found here, sounding rockets and rocket powered aircrafts are here

Answer 11

mesosphere

Question 12

contains the ionosphere, cloud and water vapor free, aurora borealis and aurora australis is seen here, ISS are found here

Answer 12

thermosphere

Question 13

highest layer of the atmosphere, no weather at all, earths satellites are here

Answer 13

exosphere

Question 14

its an interdisciplinary academic field

Answer 14

environmental science

Question 15

goals of environmental science

Answer 15

1. how nature works
2. how environment affects us
3. how we affect the environment
4. how to deal with the environmental problems
5. how we can live sustainably

Question 16

importance of environmental science

Answer 16

1. environment issues being of international importance
2. problems cropped in the wake of development
   3.explosively increase in pollution
3. need to save humanity from extinction
4. need for wise planning of development

Question 17

recent changes and what they can cause

Answer 17

1. population exponential growth
2. climate change
   3.urnbanization
3. biodiversity loss
4. pollution