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31 Cards in this Set
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Immanuel Kant
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origin of sun and planets
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inner core
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solid
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outer core
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liquid
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magnetic field
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viscous movement of convection current in outer core
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increase in temp
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rocks expand and become less dense and can flow under pressure and gravity easier
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increase in pressure
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rocks decrease in volume, more dense and more rigid
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ductile deformation
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stress for longer time and higher temps
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brittle breaking
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rapid stress
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doubling time
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58 years
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tidal forces
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inverse cube of the distance (Gxm1xm2/d^3)
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moons role in tides
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55%
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albedo
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percent of solar radiation that is reflected back (30%)
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greenhouse effect
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gases in lower atmosphere trap much of outbound wavelength energy and reradiate it back down to earth
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latent heat
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stored in water vapor and released when it condenses
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sensible heat
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energy from nuclear fission flows to surface w/ conduction and convection
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uniformitarianism
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natural laws are uniform throughout time and space
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actualism
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understand processes actually operating on and in Earth and use these known processes to interpret the past
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gondwanaland
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southern supercontinent
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Larassi
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northern supercontinent
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Panthalassa
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ocean surrounding pangea
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curie point
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550 c after lava cools below this atoms get magnetized towards earths magnetic field
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deinclination
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point like compass towards magnetic field
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inclination
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incline towards same angle as lines of force of mag field
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Steno
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law of original horizontality, law of superposition, and law of original continuity
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permeability
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where water passes through rocks
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dip
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angle of inclination
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strike
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compass bearing at a horizontal plane
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dip-slip faults
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vertical movement
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strike-slip faults
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horizontal movement
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seisometers
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detects earths movement
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seismograph
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record movement
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