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ISC 114 Components Of The Environment I

NCE1 levelSciences27 topics

ISC 114 covers 27 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Air, water, weather and soil as components of the environment.
  2. 1 Air pollution, sources and consequences of air pollution
  3. 2 One method for determining experimentally the-prop6rtion of oxygen in the atmosphere;
  4. 3 Qualitative and Quantitative composition of air in terms of nitrogen, oxygen, and water
  5. 4 Physical properties and uses of oxygen and carbon dioxide and
  6. 0 WATER
  7. 1 Sources of water;
  8. 2 Importance of water to Life;
  9. 3 Nature of water as a solvent;
  10. 4 Importance of oxygen dissolved in water;
  11. 5 Sources of water and contaminating agents, (e.g.: sewage, oil, Chemicals);
  12. 6 Methods of water purification (e.g. use of chemicals, filtration, boiling, sedimentation);
  13. 7 Compare rural and urban water supplies;
  14. 8 Effects of water cycle, including the formation of ice, thunder, lightning, non-uniform
  15. 0 WEATHER
  16. 1 Elements of weather (temperature, humidity, wind, rain, etc.);
  17. 2 uses of simple weather recording instruments in a weather station (thermometer, rain gauge,
  18. 3 keep weather records in chart form.
  19. 0 SOIL
  20. 1 Organisms that live in soils in our environment;
  21. 2 Mineral component of the soil: soil texture, inorganic and organic components, air content
  22. 3 Formation of soil in the light of climate and weathering, parent material, topography,
  23. 4 Types of soil; sandy, clay, loamy, humus, etc;
  24. 5 Value of soil as a non-renewable resource and discuss the uses and importance of soil
  25. 6 Common causes and forms of soil erosion and the relevant preventive measures
  26. 7 Practices that influence of bush burning regulations agent
  27. 8 Drainage patterns, causes, prevention and effect

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Air, water, weather and soil as components of the environment.

This topic introduces four basic components of the environment: air, water, weather, and soil. For the exam, you must understand what each component is, its major features and functions, and how they support life and influence human activities.

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