Monitoring the Sun-Earth Environment

monitoring

— noun the act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it) the monitoring of enemy communications plays an important role in war times

the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

sun Proper noun

— The sun is the star that can be seen during the day from the Earth. In the sky, it looks like a yellow circle. The sun is very hot.

sun Noun

— A star, especially a star that is at the center of a solar system. Scientists have found other suns with planets around them.

earth Noun

— Some soil. I planted some roses in this patch of earth. — Anything made up mostly of rock, sand or soil. Here is some earth. There is earth in this box. — Earth is the third planet from the sun, where we live. The Earth is a planet. — A planet, especially one like Earth. He came from a different earth. — One of the four classical elements. Earth is dry and hot. — One of the five Taoist elements.

Earth Proper Noun

— The planet on which we live - the third planet of the Solar System. The moon goes around the Earth.

environment Noun

— The environment is the natural world: forests, rivers, grasslands, oceans, etc. We have to do more to protect the environment from pollution. — Your environment is the situation or area that you live, work, or spend time in, including the people, buildings, vehicles, etc. When we moved to the city, we found ourselves in a comepletely new social environment. This course will prepare students for a career in a software engineering environment in industry or research. The learning environment can have a large effect on your grades.