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52 Cards in this Set
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Mass
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the amount of matter per unit per volume
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Volume
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the amount of space, measured in cubic units
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Meter, gram, and liter
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King henrey drank muddy dark chocolate milk
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What is density?
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te amount of water vapor that is in the air
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Atmosphere
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a mixture of gases that surround a moon or planet
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Whats the most abundant gas in the atmoshpere
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nitrogen
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what is the secound most abundant gas in the atmosphere
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oxygen
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Name two other gases that make up 1% of Earth’s atmosphere.
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Water vapor, and carbon dioxide
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air pressure
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the measure of force when air molecules push on a surface
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altitude
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the hieght of the sky
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Give an example of energy transfer by radiation.
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the sun
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Give an example of energy transfer by conduction.
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cold feet on hot sand
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Give an example of energy transfer by convection.
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pop corn machine
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What is the greenhouse effect?
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when greenhouse gases reradiate thermal energy
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Name two greenhouse gases.
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water vapor and methane
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What is global warming?
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an increase of average global temperatures
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weather
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temperature, humidity, percipitation, wind, and visibility
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humidity
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the amount of water vapor in the air
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cloud
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a collection of millions of tiny droplets (water) or ice crystals
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Identify all five oceans on a world map.
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atlantic, pacific, southern, indian, and artic
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Which ocean is the smallest, and which is the largest?
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artic, atlantic
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3. Which ocean, named in the year 2000, extends from 60 degrees south latitude to the coast of Antarctica?
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southern
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4. What did Earth look like 4.5 billion years ago?
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no oceans, volcanoes
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5. Describe how the oceans formed.
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rain fell making land mases break
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salinaty
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a measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount of liquid
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7. Where does the salt in the ocean come from?
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rivers, lakes, and streams
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8. What is the most abundant dissolved solid in the ocean?
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clorine
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9. Name three factors that can affect the salinity of ocean water.
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rate of evaporation
water movement inflow of fresh water |
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10. Where can you find an area of the ocean with high salinity and why?
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hot coastal areas
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11. Where can you find an area of the ocean with low salinity and why?
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the equator
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12. What happens to the temperature of ocean water as depth increases?
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temperature decreases
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Name the three temperature zones in the ocean.
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surface
thermocline deep zone |
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14. Be able to identify each ocean temperature zone on a chart.
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ok
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15. What factors influence ocean surface temperatures?
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geographic location and seasons
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16. Name the range of ocean surface temperatures from the poles to the equator.
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1*C - 24*C
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17. How does the ocean regulate Earth’s temperatures?
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ocean currents
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18. What major ocean current keeps the British Isles warmer than other regions at the same latitude?
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gulf stream
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plankton
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microscopic orginisms that float freely in the ocean by the ocean current
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pyto-plankton
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plant-like plankton
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zoo-plankton
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animal-like plankton
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Intertidal Zone
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the shallowest benthic zone
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sublittoral zone
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its 200 m below sea level
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Bathyal zone
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its form 200 to 4000 miles beow sea level
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abyssal zone
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no plants and very few animals live here. hot weather
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hadal zone
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reaches to about 6,000 miles to 7,000 miles in depth
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Neritic Zone
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the first pelagics zone and covers the continental shelf
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Oceanic Zone
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Covers the entire ocean exept the continental shelf
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air mass
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a large body of air
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source regions
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the determination of an air mass by the area over which the air mass forms.
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Where does an mT air mass form.
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form over warm areas
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Where does an cT air mass form.
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desserts in northern mexico
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front
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a boundry of to air masses usually different air masses
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