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29 Cards in this Set
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Bathymethric |
Map of the sea floor |
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topographic |
map showing elevation |
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isobaths |
blue lines underwater showing elevation underground |
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Scale of the Map |
Scales map directly. 1 inch = 24,000 inches |
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Compass Rose |
shows true north |
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Magnetic Declination |
difference between true north and magnetic north |
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What inlets does Wrightsville Beach got? |
Mason and Masonboro |
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What is the Gadient? |
Slope (Rise / Run , y / x) |
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Minerals |
Basic building blocks of Rocks |
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5 Mineral Properties |
Occurs Naturally Crystalline form Specific Chemical Composition Solid Inorganic |
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Minerals |
Quartz-Crystal Biotite-Cleavage, Black, Flat Potassium Feldspar- orange/pink Olivine-Green |
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Draw a rock cycle |
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Igneous Rock |
Comes from Volcanoes and Hot Spots |
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Metamorphic |
comes from Heat and Pressure |
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Sedimentary |
Rocks made of sediment compounds |
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Igneous Rocks Types |
Felsic - Light
Malfic - Dark Intermediate - bit of both |
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Sedimentary Rock Types |
Fossilferous and Limestone. Formed by physical or mechanical means |
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Boigenic Sand |
Maed of shells |
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Lithogenic Sand |
No Shells or bio |
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Wrightsville Beach sand mainly consists of ___ |
Quartz |
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Corelation |
Comparing different layers of ground against two samples to see similarities or differences |
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Temperature |
Has greatest effect on Density |
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Salinity |
Total amount of solid material dissolved in one kg of water |
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Seawater Ranges from ___% to ___% |
0% to 38% |
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Density |
Mass divided by volume. Average density of seawater is 1.025 g/cm^2 |
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Temp and Salinity Affect ____ |
Weater density |
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More dense with _____ (temp) Water |
Cold, Salty |
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Thermohaline Circulation is the ____ |
circulation for Sea Water as it travels between becoming warm water to cold water and back all around the globe |
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Ocean Water is Salty. Cape Fear water is ____ type of water |
Fresh Water |
