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What is constructive forces
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Process where Earth is built up by new mountains or new landforms
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Surtsey island that formed
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What is destructive forces
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Process where mountains or landforms are being worn down
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Waves on Surtsey's shoreline
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What is a continent
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Large land mass that is surrounded by sea
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There are 7 continents
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What is a rock
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The material that makes up earth's hard surface
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There is a lot of it
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What is a geologist
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A person who studies teh forces that make and shape Earth
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A scientist who studies teh Earth
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What is Geology
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The study of teh forces that make and shape Earth
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You can study this in school
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What is convection and give examples
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Heat transfer in a movment of a heated fluid
Examples: oven, and a convection current |
If you touch a heated______
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What is conduction and give examples
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Heat transfer through direct contact
Examples: heated sand, stove, warm water, burn yourself, heated blankets and grill |
If you _____ something hot ( It burns you!)
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What is density
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The amount of mass in a particular volume
density= mass divided by volume |
D=M/V
M=mass V=volume D=density |
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What is a convection current
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The movement of fluid caused by different temperatures that transfer heat from one part of teh fluid to another
Examples: convection currents in the manlte, boiling water |
When in science class Mr. Gorske boiled water with saw dust
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What is radiation and give examples
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Heat transfer through a open space
Examples: heat from the sun, microwave, fire, radiator and oven |
The sun is a example of radiation
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What is heat transfer
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The movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object
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It is heat that is transfered
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Who was Alfred Wegener
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He was a German scientist who propsed the hypothesis of Continental Drift
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People rejected his idea
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What is Continetal Drift
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It was the hypothesis that states all o fthe Earth's continents were once joined in a single land mass and have since been slowly drifting apart
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Pangaea
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What is Pangaea
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Proposed time when all land masses were connected
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"Super Continent" All land in Greek, Pan "all", gaea "goddess or Earth"
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