Science Final

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Humidity

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The amount of water vapor in the air.

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Relative Humidity

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The ratio of the humidity and the amount of water vapor the air can hold.

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Saturated

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air that contains as much water vapor as possible.

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dew

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when the air's ability to hold water vapor decreases and water from the now-saturated air condenses on any available surface.

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frost

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When the dew point is at or below zero.

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fog

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when a large mass of air cools and reaches its dew point.

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Clouds

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an aggregation of suspended water droplets and ice crystals, formed from rising warm, moist air.

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High Clouds

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cirrus, cirrostratus and cirrocumulus

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Middle Clouds

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Alto Stratus and Altocumulus

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Low Clouds

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Stratus, Stratocumulus and Nimbostratus

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Clouds having vertical development

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cumulus and cumulonimbus

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Cirrus

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thin and wispy, mare's tail, fair weather.

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Cirrocumulus

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white puffs, mackarel sky.

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Cirrostratus

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thin and sheetlike, rain or snow.

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Altostratus

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bad weather

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altocumulus

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thunderstorms

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stratus

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light drizzle or mist.

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nimbostratus

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light to moderate rain or snow

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stratocumulus

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rain

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cumulonimbus

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thunderheads

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cumulus

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common clouds

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Convectional Lifting

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circulatory air movement

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Orographic Lifting

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Over an obstacle

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Frontal Lifting

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WHen two masses make contact

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Cold Front

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when a cold air masses pushes itself into a warm air mass.

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Warm Front

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when a warm air mass covers a cold air mass like a blanket.

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Occluded Front

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When a cold front overtakes a warm front

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Stationary Front

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Two fronts are at a stalemate.

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Thunderstorms

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convectional lifting begins it, particles of precip grow heavier and drop, and the falling rain creates a downdraft. With the updraft and downdraft, a storm cell is created.i

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Tornadoes

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As the radio gets smaller, speeds increase.

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WMO

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World Meteorological Organization

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Where does weather occur?

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Troposphere

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Persistance Method

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the continuity of a weather pattern

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Trend Method

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based on the trend of a weather pattern.

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Analog Method

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compares present features of weather with weather of the past.

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Birth of a Star

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a forming star is a protostar. In a nebula, neighbor particles attract and they combine to form a star.

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Life of Stars

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First main sequence star for 90% of their lives, then red giant or super giant, then white dwarf or , then black hole or black dwarf.

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Death of Stars

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more massive, shorter life. End is a black dwarf of Black Hole.

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troposhpere

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where weather occurs; commercial jets fly here. increases with height

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Stratosphere

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Holds the O Zone; decreases with height

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Mesosphere

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absorb very little UV radiation. increases with height

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Thermosphere

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absorbs a lot of UV radiation; decreases with height.

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Driving forces of air forces

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as warm air rises, it expands and cools; result of convection current is wind.

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Pressure-gradient forces

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the forces caused by changes in pressure

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Pressure gradient

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a difference in pressure between 2 different locations.

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Coriolis Effect

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The apparent deflection due to the rotation of the Earth.

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Surface winds in Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.

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clockwise; counterclockwise.

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Primary Waves

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longitudinal (compress and expand; travel through any material

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Secondary Waves

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transversal Waves; cannot travel through liquid

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Surface Waves

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Rayleigh waves (up and down) and Love waves (side to side)

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Order of Layers

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Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle and Crust.

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Asthenosphere

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plastic; thermal convection currents contribute to its gradual flow; below the lithosphere.

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Lithosphere

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situated on top of the asthenosphere; floats on top.

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Theory of Continental Drift

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the world used to be Pangea, and due to seafloor spreading, the continents are separating.

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The Theory of Plate Tectonics

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the Earth's outer shell, the lithophere, is divided into eight relativel large plates.

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Folds

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When a rock is subjected to compressive stress, it ripples and folds.

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Faults

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When compressive stress overcomes the strength of rock, the rock fractures in two parts.

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Reverse Fault

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compressional forces

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Normal Fault

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tension

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Thrust Fault

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low angle between fault plane and horizontal plane

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Divergent

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2 move apart

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Convergent

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Coverge

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Transform

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move parallel to eachother.

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Ion

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A charged atom

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Coulomb

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Unit of Charge

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Newton

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Force

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Electric Field

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a kind of aura that extends through space.

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Electrical Potential Energy

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the energy a charged pposesses by virtue of its location in an electric field.

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Volt

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Electrical Potential (1 J/C)

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Ampere

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Electric Current (volts/ohms)

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Series Circuit

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An electric circuit in which electical devices are conneced in such a way that the same voltage acts across each one and any single one completes the circuit independently of all the others.

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Parallel Circuit

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An electric Circuit in which electrical devices are connected in such a way that the same voltage acts across each one and any single one completes the circuit independently of all the others.

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Impulse

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Change in Momentum

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electromagnetic spectrum

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the classification of electromagnetic waves according to frequency

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Momentum-Impulse

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a=F/M

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Joules

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Energy; kg*msq./ssq.

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Watt

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Power; kg*msq./scu.

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Ampere

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current; c/s

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Volt

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Charge; kg*msq/ssq/c

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Newton's First Law of Motion

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law of inertia; an object at rest will stay at rest and an object at motion stays in motion.

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Newton's Second Law of Motion

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Acceleration is proportional to the net force divided by mass

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Newton's Third Law of Motion

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For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

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Reverberations

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multiple reflections.

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Echo

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the reflection of sound.

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Acoustics

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The study of sound properties.