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14 Cards in this Set
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Carbon Cycle |
The series of biochemical processes that transfer carbon, the main component of many biological compounds and minerals, into different reservoirs of the Earth's environment; these reservoirs include the Earth's interior, its geological sediments, its oceans and waterways, its terrestrial biosphere, and its atmosphere |
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Climate |
The weather in a particular location averaged over a period of time |
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Equator |
The line separating the Northern and Southern Hemispheres |
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Hemisphere |
Literally "half a sphere"; the earth is divided into two pairs of hemispheres (Northern and Southern, Eastern and Western) |
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Orbit |
The path of a celestial body in its revolution about another |
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Prime Meridian |
A human-made geographic line that runs South-to-North and separates the globe into two: the Eastern and Western Hemispheres |
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Revolve |
Turn on or around an axis |
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Seismic |
Caused by an earthquake or geological vibration |
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Solar System |
The Sun and the celestial bodies that orbit it (for example the Earth and the othe tf planets) |
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Tectonic |
Pertaining to the structure or movement of the Earth's crust |
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Volcano |
A,geological feature composed of a mountain or crevice that spews hot gases and magma into the atmosphere when agitated |
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Water |
The liquid that sustains life; a colorless, odorless liquid that helps shape geography (for example, rivers, lakes, oceans, glaciers) and biological functions (for example, hydration, blood flow) |
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Weather |
Atmospheric conditions such as temperature and precipitation |
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Wind |
Air moving from high pressure to low pressure |
