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35 Cards in this Set
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what is the importance of water in waterloo?
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waterloo has a bunch of layers of seiment (grand river, waterloo moraine, lower tills, upper tille) and this tells us about the history of waterloo |
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What does the google earth layers from OGS earth paleozoic gology say?
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rock formations of southern ontario |
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in which direction do the great lakes drain? |
to the east, pacific ocean |
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True or False: The great lakes were formed during the Late Wisconsin Ice Age.
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True. |
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True or False: We are only concerned with the geosphere. |
False! We are also concerned about the Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Atmosphere |
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How does water from the water cycle turn into groundwater storage? |
Infiltration |
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How does ground water discharge turn into freshwater storage? |
Springs are fed from ground water and run into freshwater lakes through streams or rivers |
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Where can water be stored in the water cycle? |
Ground water storage Ocean Storage Freshwater storage Storage in ice and snow Storage in atmosphere |
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What is the term for the process from sediments to sedimentary rock |
Lithification |
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what is the process from igneous / sedimentary / metamorphic rocks to sediments? |
weathering and erosion |
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what is the process from sedimentary / igneous rock to metamorphic rock? |
metamorphism |
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what is the process from sedimentary / metamorphic rock to igneous rock? |
melting and then crystallization |
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describe plate tectonics |
the theory that the earth is made up of movable plates. this section also includes the major evidence points |
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Know about minerals |
CH 2 |
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Know about weathering |
CH 5 |
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Know about Igneous Rocks |
Ch 3 |
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Know about Volcanoes |
Ch 4 |
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Know about sedimentary rocks |
Ch 6 |
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Know about metamorphic rocks |
CH 7 |
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Know about Geologic time |
Ch 8 |
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Know about crustal deformation |
CH 9 |
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Know about earthquakes |
CH 10 |
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Know about Mass wasting |
CH 14 |
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Know about Running water |
CH 15 |
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Know about the Earth science literacy text |
Read it! its super dumb and intuitive
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Earth Scientists make repeatable ___________ and ____________ ideas to understand and explain our earth
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repeatable, testable |
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The earth is ____ billion years old |
4.6 |
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Earth is a complex system of interacting ____,____,____ and ____ |
rock, water, life, air |
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Earth is ______________(never, continually) changing |
continually |
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Choose one:
Earth is a _______ planet a) human b) rock c) water d) great |
c)water |
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True or false: Life can not modify earth
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False |
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True or false:
Humans dont depend on earth for resources. |
false
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What poses a risk to humans?
a) hazards b) humans c) earth d) aliens |
hazards |
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List what each stand for: A) APGO B) GAC C) GSA D) PDAC E) CSPG F) GSC G) OGC |
A) association of professional geoscientists of ontario B) geological association of Canada C) geological society of America D) prospectors and developers association of Canada E) Canadian Society of Petroleum geologists F)Geological Survey of Canada G) Ontario Geological Survey |
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Know about Minerals and energy resources |
CH 20 |