Earth Systems And Resources

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Minerals

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A solid naturally occurring substance.

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Ores

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A metal-bearing mineral that can be mined for profit.

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Fossil Fuels

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A natural fuel formed from the remains of living organisms.

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Physical Property

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A property that can be measured without changing the substance.

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Chemical Property

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Properties that become evident during or after a chemical reaction.

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Rock Cycle

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A process in which rocks are created or destroyed.

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Sediments

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Mineral or organic matter deposited by water, air, etc.

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Sedimentary Rock

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Rock formed by weathering, erosion, deposition, and lithification.

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Metamorphic Rock

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Rock formed by heat and pressure.

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Extrusive Igneous Rock

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Rock formed by the fast cooling of magma above surface.

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Intrusive Igneous Rock

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Rock formed by the slow cooling of magma below surface.

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Mechanical Weathering

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Breaking down of rock without changing the chemical composition.

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Chemical Weathering

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Breaking down rock that changes the chemical composition.

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Erosion

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Carrying broken down rock from one place to another.

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Deposition

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Gradually layer up broken down matter.

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Continental Crust

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A part of the earth's crust that forms large landmasses.

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Oceanic Crust

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Part of the earth's crust that underlies the ocean basins.

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Lithosphere

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An earth layer consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

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Asthenosphere

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The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere.

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Mantle

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The thickest earth layer between the crust and outer core.

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Outer Core

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A fluid Earth layer that consists of iron and nickel.

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Inner Core

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Solid last Earth layer made up of iron and nickel.

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Density

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A substance's mass per unit volume.

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Tension

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Force pulling apart

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Compression

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Force pushing together

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Shearing

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Force pushing and pulling from side to side

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Convection currents

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Transfer of heat in fluids with different densities.

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Theory of Plate Tectonics

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Outer layer earth, divided into plates, move across earths surface.

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Subduction

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Where two plates move towards eachother, one slides under other.

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Hot Spots

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Islands formed far from plate boundaries because rising mantle plume.

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Convergent Plate Boundary

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Where two lithosphere plates collide creating mountains, earthquakes, or volcanoes.

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Divergent Plate boudary

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When two tectonic plates are moving away from each other.

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Transform Plate Boundary

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Lithospheric plates moving across one another causing only earthquakes.

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Mid Ocean Ridges

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Created by divergent plate boundaries creating new crust.

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Pangaea

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Ancient super-continent where all continents were once connected.

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Island Arc's

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Curved chain of volcanic islands located at tectonic plate margin.

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Faults

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Cracks in Earth's crust caused by tension, compression, and shearing.

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Trenches

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Steep canyon in ocean cause subduction at convergent plate boundaries.

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Folded Mountains

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Forms when two continental plates collide and fold rock upward.

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Pacific Ring of Fire

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Plate boundary in Pacific Ocean where volcanoes/earthquakes very common.

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Seismic Activity

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Energy released by earthquakes.

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Land forms

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Types of terrain found on Earth's surface such as mountains.

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Sea floor spreading

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Occurs at ridges where crust forms, slowly moves from ridge.

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San Andreas Fault

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An example of a transform plate boundary in California.

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Continental Drift

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Earth's continents were once jouned super continent, Pangaea, slowly moved.

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