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29 Cards in this Set
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SESIMOlIGY |
the study of earthquakes |
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DEFORMATION |
the bending tilting and breaking of earths crust the change of shape because of the amount of stress |
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elastic REBOUND |
the sudden return ofelastically deformed rock to its unformed shape |
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SESMIC WAVES |
a wave of energy tht travle through the earth away from any earthquake in all directions |
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P WAVE |
a sesmic wave that causes particles of rock to move in a back and fourth direction |
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S WAVE |
a sesmic wave that causes particles of rock tom move in a side to side direction |
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CHP ! 17! |
@yasss |
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volcano |
a vent or fissure in the earths surface through which magma and gasses are expelled |
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magma chamber |
a body of molten rock that feeds a volcano |
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vent |
an opening at the surface of the earth trough which volcnic material passes |
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CHP 18***** |
@chp 18 |
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natrual resorce |
any natural material that is used by humans such as water petreleum minerals forest and animals |
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renewable resorce |
a natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumd |
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nonrenewable resource |
a resource that forms at a rate that is much slower that the rate at which it is consumed |
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recycling |
the process of recovering valuble or useful materials reusing them |
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fossil fuel |
a nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remsins of organisims that lived a long time ago oil coal adn natural gas |
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petroleum |
a liguid mixture of complex hydrocarbon compounds used widley as a fuel resource |
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natraul gasses |
a mixture or gauesos hydrabcons located under the surface of the earthb |
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coal |
a fossil fuel that forms underground from partlly decomposed plant material |
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acid precepitation |
precipetation that contains high concentration of acids |
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smog |
photochemical haze that forms when sunlight acts on industrial polluants and burning fuels |
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nuclear energy |
energy released by a fission or fusion reaction the binding energy of the atomic nucleus |
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chemical energy |
when a chemical compoud reacts to produce new compounds |
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solar energy |
radiation from the SUN |
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wind power |
the use of a windmill to drive an eletric genorator |
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hydroeletric energy |
eletrical energy fom falling water |
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biomass |
organic matter that can be a surce of energy |
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gasohlo |
a mixture of gas and alcohal that is used for fuel |
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geothermal energy |
the energy produced by heat whitin the earth |
