EESA01H3 Chapter 5: CHAPTER 5 DETAILED NOTES FOR 4.0

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Earth"s environmental systems: our planet"s environment consists of complex networks of interlinked systems, earth uses cycles that shape the landscapes around us and guide the flow of key chemical elements and compounds that support life and regulate climate. Information energy can come in the form of sensory cues from: visual signs, olfactory (chemical) signs, magnetic signs, thermal signs. Inputs of matter occur when chemicals or physical material moves among systems: eg. Seeds being dispered long distances: migratory animals deposit waste far from where they consumed food www. notesolution. com, eg. In a negative feedback loop output that results from a system moving in one direction acts as input that moves the system in the other direction: input and output essentially neutralize each other, eg. Thermostat working to stabilize rooms temperature: eg. Our bodies, when we get too hot, our sweat glands pumpe out moisture that evaporates to cool us down.

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