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EARTH SCIENCE
QUARTER 1
Week 1.2

CapSLET
Capsulized Self-Learning Empowerment
Toolkit

Schools Division Office of Zamboanga City

Region IX, Zamboanga Peninsula
Zamboanga City

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Earth
SUBJECT &
Science QUARTER 1 WEEK 1 DAY ____________________________________
GRADE/LEVEL dd/mm/yyyy
11
TOPIC Earth’s Subsystems
LEARNING 2. Explain that the Earth consists of four subsystems, across whose
COMPETENCY boundaries matter and energy flow. (S11ES-Ib-4)
IMPORTANT: Do not write anything on this material. Write your answers on the Learner’s
Activity and Assessment Sheets provided separately.

UNDERSTAND
Earth’s subsystems

A system is a collection of interdependent parts enclosed within a defined boundary.

Earth is a system, comprised of subsystems, namely, ATMOSPHERE, LITHOSPHERE,
HYDROSPHERE and BIOSPHERE. The sun is Earth’s major source of energy. It radiates
light and heat, or solar energy. Plants need sunlight to grow. Animals, including humans,
need plants for food and the oxygen they produce. Without heat from the sun, Earth would
freeze.

ATMOSPHERE refers to gaseous layer

that envelopes the earth, it is composed
of Nitrogen (78%), Oxygen (21%) and
other traces of gases.

LITHOSPHERE or Geosphere refers

to the rocks and layers of the earth.
Plate tectonic plays an important role
in shaping the surface of the earth.

HYDROSPHERE is about 70% of

the Earth is covered with liquid
water , it includes water in the
oceans, lakes, rivers, glaciers, and
polar icecaps, clouds, rain, and
snow.

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BIOSPHERE is the set of all forms

of life on Earth, including humans
and all ecosystems—from the soil
to the rainforest, from mangroves to
coral reefs, and from the plankton-
rich ocean surface to the deep sea.

SAQ- 1: How does the sun power the Earth’s system?

SAQ- 2: How are the subsystems different from each other?

SCIENCE NEWS ALERT!

Erosion of ozone layer responsible for mass extinction
event
Date: May 27, 2020
Source: University of Southampton
Summary:
Researchers have shown that an extinction event
360 million years ago, that killed much of the Earth's
plant and freshwater aquatic life, was caused by a
brief breakdown of the ozone layer that shields the
Earth from damaging ultraviolet (UV) radiation. This
is a newly discovered extinction mechanism with
profound implications for our warming world today.

These spheres are so closely connected that a change in one sphere often results in a
change in one or more of the other spheres. Such changes that take place within an
ecosystem are referred to as events.

Earthquake followed by a Tsunami

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Events can occur naturally, such as an earthquake, or they can be caused by

humans, such as an oil spill or air pollution. An event can cause changes to occur in one or
more of the spheres, and/or an event can be the effect of changes in one or more of Earth’s
four spheres. This two-way cause and effect relationship between an event and a sphere is
called an interaction. The cycling of matter and energy in the Earth system through
interactions makes life on Earth possible.

SAQ- 3: How are the spheres affecting each other?

Example of how these spheres interact:

•Humans (biosphere) built a dam out

of rock materials (lithosphere).

•Water in the lake (hydrosphere)

seeps into the cliff walls behind the
dam, becoming groundwater
(lithosphere), or evaporating into the
air (atmosphere) as caused by the
energy of the sun.

•Humans (biosphere) get energy

from the water (hydrosphere) by
having it spin turbines (lithosphere)
to produce electricity.
Water Dam

Here is another example: •Ocean water (hydrosphere)

evaporates from the ocean into
atmosphere.

•Plants (biosphere) take up carbon

dioxide from the atmosphere and
releases oxygen (atmosphere) and
adds nutrients to the soil
(lithosphere).

• Wind (atmosphere) generates

waves, wind may blow away soil
(lithosphere) in exposed locations.

• Oceans (hydrosphere) absorb

carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Golf Beach, Zamboanga City • Wave action adds oxygen

(atmosphere) to water
(hydrosphere), needed by aquatic
plants and animals (biosphere).

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Let’s Practice! (Write your answer on the separate sheets provided.)

A. Write as much sphere interaction you can infer from the picture. Write your answer
in the space provided below the picture.

Possible interactions:

B. Beside each interaction, write the two spheres that are interacting.
1. A person gets caught in the rain- _Sample answer: Biosphere and Hydrosphere____
2. A bird flying __________________________________________________________
3. A volcano erupts and gases enter the air-____________________________________
4. Plants get nutrients from the soil for growth- _________________________________
5. Humans breathe oxygen to survive- ________________________________________

REMEMBER
Key Points

 Earth is a system, it’s composed of subsystems that works interdependently for a

unified whole.
 Lithosphere refers to the solid Earth, Hydrosphere refers to the waters, Atmosphere
is the gas that envelopes the Earth, and Biosphere is composed of all life forms.
 The sun powers the Earth system, light energy is used in photosynthesis.
 The continuous cycling of matter and energy through the Earth’s system makes life
on Earth possible.

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TRY
Let’s see how much have you learned today!
(Answer on the Learner’s Activity and Assessment sheets.)
Test I- Items 1-5
Directions: Choose and encircle the letter of the
correct answer.

1. What Earth's sphere is composed of a mixture 5. How is water distributed through the
of gases? biosphere?
a. atmosphere a. condensation
a. b. biosphere a. b. hydrologic cycle
b. c. hydrosphere b. c. perspiration
c. d. geosphere d. flooding
d.
2. A glacier is a large mass of ice that moves
over land. It changes the shape of the land as it
moves. One way a glacier changes the shape of Test II-Items 6-10
the land is in the process of plucking. The weight Directions: Write as much sphere
of the glacier can break apart the rocks interaction you can infer from the
picture. Write your answer in the space
underneath it. The rocks freeze to the bottom of
provided below the picture.
the glacier. The glacier, then carries the rocks
with it as it slowly moves.

Plucking is an example of an interaction

between which two major Earth systems?
a. atmosphere and biosphere
a. b. biosphere and hydrosphere
b. c. geosphere and atmosphere
c. d. hydrosphere and geosphere

3. Which is an example of a human (biosphere)

impact on the hydrosphere?
a. burning fossil fuels
a. b. mining for mineral ores
b. c. building a dam for hydroelectric energy
c. d. hunting an animal to extinction

4. Which two Earth systems best complete the ________________________________

sentence? ________________________________
________________________________
Wind turbines are machines that change wind ________________________________
energy in the ________________ into electrical ________________________________
energy for use in the ___________ . ________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
a. biosphere; atmosphere ________________________________
a. b. atmosphere; biosphere ________________________________
b. c. biosphere; hydrosphere ________________________________
c. d. atmosphere; hydrosphere ________________________________
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Website:
"Human Population". 2020. Classzone.Com.
https://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investi
gations/es0103/es0103page07.cfm?chapter_no=investigation.

Society, National. 2020. "Earth's Systems". National Geographic Society.

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/earths-systems/.

REFERENCES "The Biosphere And Mass Extinctions".

2020. Www2.Estrellamountain.Edu.
https://www2.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/BioBookc
ycles.html#Table%20of%20Contents.

Book:
Religioso, Teresita. 2016. Earth And Life Science. Quezon City: Phoenix
Publishing, Inc.

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