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geology
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branch of science that deals with earth; it's rocky body, history, and environmental changes that affect humans
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qualitative info
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describing how materials look, feel, smell, sound, taste, or behave
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quantitative info
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measuring materials, energy levels, and processes of change in time and space.
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geologic record
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canyon cuts a mile deep, through millions of rock layers that are like pages of immense stone book of geologic history
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spacial scales of observation
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qualitative units of measurment, symbols, abbreviations and conversions
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temporal scales of observation
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analyzing the stone pages of the geologic record for evidence of events and relationships
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geologic time scale
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grouping the events and relationships into paragraphs chapters, sections, and parts of geologic history that occurred over epochs, periods, eras, and eons of time.
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bands
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parts of the EM spectrum that are defined and named according to their wavelength
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true color
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photographs and satellite images show objects in the colors that they would appear to be if viewed by the human eye
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resolution
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ability to resolve and measure detail
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isostasy
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the equilibrium condition between any floating object and the more dense fluid in which it is floating.
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isoctati quilibrium
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occurs when the buoyant force equals the gravitational pull that opposes it
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