{"id":12850,"date":"2016-09-13T22:50:15","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T22:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/csf101\/?page_id=12850"},"modified":"2016-09-13T22:50:15","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T22:50:15","slug":"how-the-earth-works","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/csf101\/learning-pathways\/from-the-holocene-to-the-anthropocene\/how-the-earth-works\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Earth works"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<p>It was many billions of years after the Big Bang that the biosphere, and life on Earth, started to develop.  Understanding how this process came about is essential to understanding how to maintain the delicate environmental balances that will enable life to prosper, sustainably, long into the future.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"activity\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/csf101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_activity.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Learning journal activity<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"plainlinks floatright\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425px\" height=\"239px\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jqxENMKaeCU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><b>This activity is required for students seeking formal credit.<\/b> Other students may complete a learning journal but it will not be assessed.\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> Watch the first 15 minutes of the video.\n<\/li>\n<li> Note down your thoughts to the following questions in your learning journal:\n<ul>\n<li> What were the pre-conditions for life evolving on Earth?\n<\/li>\n<li> What\u2019s the importance of how chemical elements are organised and located in the biosphere?\n<\/li>\n<li> How is current human activity changing the organisation and location of chemicals?\n<\/li>\n<li> How is current human activity changing the delicate balance of ecosystems that regulate chemical concentrations?\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div><p>You must be logged in to post to WEnotes.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.033 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.037 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 132\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 1062\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 3258\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 1647\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 7\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key wikiedu-mw_:pcache:idhash:175235-0!*!*!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20160913192830 and revision id 1004312\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/csf101\/learning-pathways\/from-the-holocene-to-the-anthropocene\/video-signpost\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/csf101\/learning-pathways\/from-the-holocene-to-the-anthropocene\/the-earth-is-an-open-and-closed-system\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<br \/>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was many billions of years after the Big Bang that the biosphere, and life on Earth, started to develop. 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