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I. Introduction to Environmental Science

I. Introduction to Environmental Science. A. What is Environmental Science. The study of the interaction of all living and non-living things on our planet 2. Goal is to get people to see their actions affect the world and to take that into account when making a decision. B. The Earth.

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I. Introduction to Environmental Science

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  1. I. Introduction to Environmental Science

  2. A. What is Environmental Science The study of the interaction of all living and non-living things on our planet 2. Goal is to get people to see their actions affect the world and to take that into account when making a decision

  3. B. The Earth • We live on a section of the environment called earth, as in land not the planet.

  4. 3. Earth consists of three layers a. Lithosphere- aka the crust, the top layer, where rocks are found 1. Thinnest layer; about 10 to 70 km thick 2. Has sedimentary, igneous(lava), and metamorphic(marble) rocks

  5. b. Mantle- 70 to 2900 km deep 1. Considered solid but the crust floats and flows on it. c. Core- 2900 km deep 1. Molten iron with a solid center

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