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24 Cards in this Set
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Equator
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Latitude of 0 Degrees
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Oblate Spheroid
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Oval Shape of The Earth
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Hydrosphere
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All of the earths water.
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Atmoshpere
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The blanket of gases surrounding the earth.
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Mass
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Amount of matter in an object.
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Oceanic Crust
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Beneath the oceans name of the crust.
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Continental Crust
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Part of the crust in which continents rest.
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Lithosphere
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Solid portion of the Mantle and the Crust above it.
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Ashthenoshpere
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Just below the Lithosphere.
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Plasticity
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Ability of solid to flow.
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P Waves
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Useful to explore the interior of the earth.
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S Waves
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Useful to explore the interior of the earth.
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Mohorovicic Disconuity
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The boundary of the speed in waves.
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Axis
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Imaginary straight line running through the earth from pole to pole.
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plasticity
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The ability of a solid to flow.
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Shadow Zones
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Recordings of seismic waves around the world.
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Magnetosphere
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The area of space that is affected by the earths magnetic field.
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Crust
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The thin solid outermost zone of the earth making up 1 % of the earths mass.
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Mantle
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Zone of rock nearly 2,870 Km thick. The mantle makes up almsot two thirds of the earths mass.
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Core
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It forms the center of the earth and is made of mostly iron. 2,190 Km thick/2,680 in Diameter.
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Gravity
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The force of attraction that exists between all matter in the universe.
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Law of Gravitation
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The force of attraction between any two masses depends on the mass and distance of the objects.
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Weight
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Is a measure of the strength of the the pull of gravity on an object.
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Newtons
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The unit of measurement used to measure weight.
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