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32 Cards in this Set
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What's the difference between global warming and greenhouses effect
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Global warming-change in the temperature on earth over time
Greenhouse effect-natural heating process NOT THE SAME |
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Causes of global warming
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Burning fossil fuel,deforestation,CFCs,ozone depletion
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What is deforestation
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Getting rid of the forests
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What is weathering?
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Wearing away of the rock by natural process
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How to determine slope
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Close together is a steep slope
Far apart is a gradual slope |
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What does the "V" stand for
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Points upstream
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What is the a horizon
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Horizon with the most organic matter,also called topsoil
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Hypothesis
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Must be tested ale and have many trials and be repeatable
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Independent variable
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Variable that you (the scientist) Change
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Dependent variable
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Variable your measuring
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Constant
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Stays the same
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Control
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Experiment without the variable
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Theory
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Hypothesis that remains through repeated testing over time
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Scientific law
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Happens in nature. It doesn't explain why it happens
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Convergent
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Come together
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What is an atom?
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Smallest part of an element
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Protons
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Positive
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Neutrons
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Neutral
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Electrons
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Negative
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What is the atomic number
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The amount of protons in a nucleus in the atom
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Mass number
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Protons+neutrons
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Quantitative
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Numbers
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Qualitative
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Words
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Scientific model
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Saves money, time, and lives .
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Divergent
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Goes apart
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What is ice wedging
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When water expands as it freezes
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Plateaus
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Form when erosion takes place on the top of a mountain
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Catastrophism
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Catastrophe, earth changes due to certain events
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Uniformitarianism
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Earth changes slowly over time
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Young river
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Flows swiftly (Rapids,waterfalls)
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Old river
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Flows smooth in a broad flat floodplain
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What is a topographic map
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A map that shows contour lines at contour intervals
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