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23 Cards in this Set
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Tectonic Plates
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Plates of the Earth's crust that move occaisonally.
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"PLATES"
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Hurricane Warning
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Hurricane expected to stike withe 24 hours.
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"WARNING"
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Hurricane Watch
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Hurricane may threaten withen 36 hours.
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"WATCHING"
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Lightening
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During the rapid uplift of air, electric charges build up in clouds.
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"LIGHTS IN THE CLOUDS"
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Tropical Storm
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39-73 Miles per hour.
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"SECOND STEP"
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Tropical Depression
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Less than 38 Miles per hour.
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"FIRST STEP"
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Tornadoes
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Violent whirling winds that move counter clock wise.
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"LOTS OF WINDS"
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Hurricane
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A large, swiring , low pressure system that form over tropical oceans.
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"WINDS IN THE OCEAN"
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Earthquake
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Occurs when the tectonic plates meet.
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"CALAFORNIA"
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Volcano
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Results from the rapid upward movement of warm, moist air.
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"LAVA"
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Weathering
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The process of breaking out rocks.
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"GRAND CANYON"
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Deposition
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Depositing materials/objects moving them to a new location.
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" OCCURS WHEN THE 4 AGENTS OF EROSION WHEN IT CAN NOT CARRY IT'S LOAD'
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Erosion
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Wearing away and moving of surface materials by gravity, water, wind, or glaciers.
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"ERODE"
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Abrasion
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A type of erosion that occurs when landblown sediments strike rocks and sediments, polishing, and pitting their syrface. /wind erosion
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"WIND EROSION"
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Succession
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The gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established.
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"PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SUCCESSION"
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Primary Succession
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After a cata. event occured, there is no soil.
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"LONGER"
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Secondary Succession
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After a cata. event occured, there is some or lots of soil left.
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"SHORTER, SS"
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Climax Community
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A community that has reached a stable stage of ecological succesion.
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"THE END RESULT OF THE SUCCESSION PROCESS"
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Pioneer Speecies
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First species to grow after a volcanic eroption covers an area with lava.
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"LICHEN"
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Adaptation
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A form or structure modified to fit a changed environment.
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"ANIMALS MOVE TO A NEW HOME BECAUSE THEY CANNOT ADAPT TO THE LAVA."
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Renewable Resources
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Any natural resource that is recycled or replaced constantly by nature.
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"SUNLIGHT, WATER, AIR, CROPS"
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Non-Renewable Resources
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Natural resource that are used up more quickly than they can replace by natural processes.
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"PETROLEUM, FOSSIL FUELS, GOLD, DIAMONDS"
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
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Reduce is when you do less of, reuse is when you use something again, and recycling is when you recycle something and it is made into something else.
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"REDUCE:BUY RECYCLED PRODUCTS"
"REUSE: WASH AND USE PRODUCTS AGAIN" "RECYCLE: SORT THEM BY GLASSES, METALS, PAPERS, PLASTICS" |
