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63 Cards in this Set
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What are the five oceans? |
1. Arctic Ocean 2. Pacific Ocean 3. Anlantic Ocean 4. Southern Ocean 5. Indian Ocean |
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What is the core made up of? |
Iron and Nickel |
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Crust composition? |
O (46%) Si (27.7%) Al (8.1%) Fe (5%) Ca (3.6%) |
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Movement of Earth's axis |
Rotation |
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Is tilted in relation to the ecliptic plane, an imaginary surface through the planet's orbit. |
Axis |
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What do you call the term when Earth is the closest to the Sun? |
Periphelion |
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When is the Periphelion? |
January |
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How far is the Periphelion? |
147, 098, 291 KM |
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What is the term when Earth is at the farthest in the Sun? |
Aphelion |
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When is the Aphelion? |
July |
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How far is the aphelion? |
152, 098, 233 KM |
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It is the term for above the sea level. |
Altitude |
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Distance of North and South of the equator. |
Latitude |
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CO2 releases some of that energy as photons. |
Radiation Emission |
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Contains 75% of all air and almost of the water vapor which forms clouds and rains. |
Troposhere |
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12 KM high. |
Troposhere |
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50 KM high. |
Stratosphere |
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Dy and clouds are rare. |
Stratosphere |
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Contain ozone molecules. |
Stratosphere |
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What is the ozone molecule? |
03 |
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The region where airplanes fly or the boundary between the tropo and strato. |
Tropopause |
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This region absorb electromagnetic particles. |
Mesosphere |
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They burn meteors. |
Mesosphere |
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How thick is the mesosphere? |
35 KM thick |
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Boundary of strato and meso. |
Stratopause |
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Thickest layer of the atmosphere. |
Thermosphere |
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Only lightest gases like 02, He, and H are here. |
Thermosphere |
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Aurora and satellite occur in this region. |
Thermosphere |
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Absorbed UR, visible ight, high-ebergy gamma radiation. |
THermosphere |
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Coldest atmospheric layer. |
Mesopause |
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10, 000 KM above the Earth. |
Exosphere |
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Responsible for magnetic field, which deflects harmful charged particcles of the sun. |
Core |
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7, 100 KM wide, larger than the Earth's diamenter about the same size as Mar's diameter. |
Core |
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Liquid core. |
Outer core |
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Four-fifths of moon. |
Inner core |
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Thick and completely not stiff that can slow flowly. |
Mantle |
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What rocks to mantle made up of? |
Silica (Fe + Mg-rich silicate rocks) |
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Lower part of the upper mantle that exhibits plastic properties. |
Asthenosphere |
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The tectonic plates sit. |
Asthenosphere |
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Made of both the crust plus the rigis upper part of the upper mantle. |
Lithospehere |
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Two types of crust. |
1. Continental 2. Oceanic |
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Thick, less dense, lighter silicate. |
Continental crust |
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Thinner, denser, dark silicate (basalt). |
Oceanic Crust |
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Generated by currents flowing in the Earth's outer core. |
Magnetic field |
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Accelerating its northward motion to 40 KM annualy. |
Magnetic field |
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Charged particles get trapped in magnetic field smasj into air molecules above magnetic poles. |
Aurora |
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How wide is the moon? |
1/4 of the Earth's diameter. |
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What do you mean by waxing? |
Lit and right |
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What do you mean by waning? |
Lit ang left |
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First quarter. |
Right and half-lit |
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Third Quarter. |
Left and half-lit |
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Full Moon. |
Lite tanan |
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Clumps of dust and gas are bound together early in life of the solar system. |
Disk instability |
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Characteristics of geosphere? |
1. Rocks 2. Sediments 3. Soils 4. Surface landforms |
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Roles of the geosphere. |
1. Source of minerals and fuels 2. Provides nutrients for plants 3. Hold the waters 4. May shift to change Earth's surface |
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Processes that shape the lithospehere. |
1. Water and Ice 2. Wind 3. Volcano 4. Plate tectonics 5. Impact Crating 6. Living things 7. Erosion and weathering |
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Characteristics of the hydropshere? |
1. Clouds 2. Oceans 3. Water subsystems 4. Vapor |
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Role of the hydrosphere? |
1. Provides habitat 2. Helps regulate climate and disperse heat 3. Necessary for living cells |
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Characteristics of the biosphere. |
1. All life exists on Earth 2. Interaction of life to other subsystems for survival |
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Role of the biosphere |
All other spheres work together to create and support life. |
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Characteristics of atmosphere. |
1. Weather 2. Clouds 3. Aerosols 4. Winds 5. Heating and cooling 6. Climate |
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Role of the atmosphere. |
Traps heat and blocks the sun's rays. |
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Atmosphere composition. |
78% N 20.95% O 0.93 Ar 0.04 vapor and other gases |