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50 Cards in this Set
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Describe the Earth's Attributes:
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Sperical
Mass of bodies to that have atmospheres |
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True or False: The Earth is 50 % water 50 percent continents
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False: It's 70 percent water 30 percent continents
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True or False: White Clouds are condensed lightning
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False: They are condensed water vapo
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What percentage makeup is the Atmosphere?
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79 percent Nitrogen
21 percent oxygen Composed of Gases |
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True or False, in the atmosphere, the gases are stationary?
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False: They are wind patterns and they AREN'T stationary
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True or False: Baja california is moving east away from mexico at several inches a year?
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False, it is moving WEST not EAST
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True or False: North America is moving away from where it currently is?
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True
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What are the 3 different spheres?
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Atmosphere
Hydrosphere Biosphere |
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Describe what spherical refers to
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Smooshed at the poles
Buldges at the equator The Circumference is 24,000 miles The Diameter is 8,000 miles |
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What are the Layers inside the Earth?
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Crust
Lithosphere Asthenosphere Mantle Core |
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True or False: Earthquakes give information about the potential differences in cloud formations?
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False: They give information about the different layers
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Describe what comes to surface in terms of Volcanoes.
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Water Vapor
Carbondioxide Sulfur Molten |
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True or False: The Center of the Earth is Cool, and is a liquid material.
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False: The center of the Earth is Hot and is a Solid Material.
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Describe what happens when molten substance reaches the surface:
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It loses it's temperature and begins to cool down and solidify
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What happens after major erruptions to the earth?
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The Earth goes through a cooling period, particles are released in the air and act as a solar reflective
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True or False: All volcanoes are peaks?
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Flase: Not all Volcanoes are peaks, there are linear breaks
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True or Flase: Most Volcanoes are not on the Ocean Floor:
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False: Most are on the Ocean Floor
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True or False: The Gulf of Suaz gets narrower each year?
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False: It gets Wider
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True or False: THe Red Sea gets wider each year but slower than the gulf of Suaz?
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False: It gets wider faster than Suaz
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What makes the movement of the earth possible?
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Heat Energy makes the movement of the solid earth possible
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What are Faults and what are they attributed to ?
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Faults are due to the movement of solid rocks, failures of rocks, a lot of earthquake activity.
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When Faults occur in oceans what happens?
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Water levels will rise, but it isn't permanent
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True or False: India and China are getting further apart?
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False, they are getting close together
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What is The Attributes of Everest?
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It's 29,000 feet high, its plateu is 15,00 feet
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What are the Attributes of Mt.Denali
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From Sea Level to Peak it is 29,000 feet. Known as the Largest mountain
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True or False: The Andes Mountains are not prone to Earthquakes and Volcanoes?
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False: They are Prone to Earthquakes and volcanoes
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True or False: The Cascade Mountains have Volcanoes?
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True, the ocean is being beant down back into the earth
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Oceans attribute for what percentage of water on Earth?
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98 percent of water on earth, then Glaciers, mountain glaciers, and water vapor in the atmosphere.
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How long are Oceans?
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They are usually around 2 miles
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What is the Movement of Water usually?
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It is always moving from ocean to atmosphere to land surface; known as the Hydrological cycle, takes energy and redistributes energy
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True or False: Rivers Carry Sediments and dissolve chemical species back into the ocean?
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True
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True or False: There are more oxygen molecules the higher you go in the atmosphere?
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False: There are less molecules the higher you go in the atmosphere.
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What happens when you heat up the surface waters?
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It increases evaporation
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What is the process of Photosynthesis?
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Co2+ H20 leads to Ch20 + 02
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What is the makeup of elements in the whole solid earth? (Rocks)
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Iron- 35%
Oxygen- 30% Silicon- 15% Magnesium- 13% Nickel- 2.4% Sulfur- 1.9% Calcium- 1.1% Aluminum- 1.1% Other- Less than l % |
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What is the makeup of the abundance of elements in the earths' crust( surface seafloor)
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Oxygen- 46%
Silicon- 28% Aluminum- 8% Iron- 6% Magnesium- 4% Calcium- 2.4 % Potassium- 2.3% Sodium- 2.1 % Other- Less than 1 percent |
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What is the Makeup of the Atmosphere?
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Nitrogen(N2)- 78.08 %
Oxygen(o2)- 20.95% Water Vapor( h20)- 1-4% Argon- 0.93% All other Gases- 0.04% |
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Composition of the Human Body:
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H- 63.070 Percent
O- 25.600 % C- 9.460 % N- 1.324 % |
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Explain the Movement of Volcanoes:
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Geothermal profile
Elevated temperature under the earth's surface |
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Why is the Core so Hot?
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Because of how the planet was formed, radio active decaying processes. Heat Flowing
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Explain Heat Flowing:
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Conduction( decreases density of liquids)
Motion Transports heat Need this to prevent the earth from melting |
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What are the attributes of Radiation?
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Don't need matter, an example is the sun, through empty space
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Explain the Birth of the Earth
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The Stars lead to the sun
Hydrogen 70.6 % Helium 27.4 % Carbon .31% Nitrogen .11% Oxygen .96% Neon .18% Silicon .07% Iron .18% |
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True or False: The Milky Way Galaxy leads to many Solar Systems?
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False: It leads to our Solar System
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True or False: All Stars have Planets?
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True
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What Holds the planets in orbit around the sun?
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Mass and Gravity
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What are Orbits Contained to?
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A plane that contains the planets and the sun
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Describe the attributes of Orbits:
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Elliptical, same direction( counter clockwise)
The Moon orbits counter clockwise as well The spins are all counter clockwise as well |
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Detail the Attributes of the Moon
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Cavities lead to Impact
Smooth leads to less impact, younger surface( volcanic process)( horizontal flow) low visability Colder temperature -> higher viscosity |
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In the Moon what do fractures allow?
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They allow for molton lava to surface
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