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14 Cards in this Set
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What causes the tides to change?
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the moon
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What is some evidence that supports Pangea?
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1.) Fossil Records
2.) shapes 3.) coastlines 4.) rock and mineral records |
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Metamorphic Rock
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" morphed"- large amounts, heat build and can change.
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Igneous Rock
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Underground or above, melted rock, trapped in small pockets, formed from volcanic eruptions
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What is convection?
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movement that transfers heat through fluids.
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What is conduction?
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heat that is transfered from 1 particle to another with out movement of matter itself.
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The sun is the cause of what?
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the weather
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Sedimentary Rock
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little bits of Earth, washed down stream, settles at the bottom of a body of water, turns into rock and it has many layers.
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What is a glacier?
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ice block that is the size of a mountain or a country.
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Planets
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1.) Orbit the sun
2.) Most have moons 3.) The number of moons vary. |
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What are the main types of erosion?
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1.) Wind
2.) Water 3.) Ice 4.) Gravity |
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What do contour maps show?
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The changes in elevation.
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Climate
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Related to weather, temp., sunlight,percipitation,wind,elevation and the closeness to water.
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Eclipse
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1.) when the moon is between the Earth and the sun = Solar.
2.) when the Earth is between the moon and the sun = Lunar. |
