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66 Cards in this Set
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Shape of the orbit of planets |
elliptical
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Water, sunlight, wood, wind
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Renewable Resources
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Affects the survival and health of organisms
Sprayed into atmosphere |
Pollutants
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Three types of rocks
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Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic
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Surface layer, thermocline, bottom layer |
Three layers of the ocean
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Layer of atmosphere containing ozone
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Stratosphere
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Movement of liquids and gases
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Convection
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Earth's outer layer
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Crust
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Middle layer of Earth
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Mantle
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Innermost layer of Earth, composed of solid nickel
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Core
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Made of crust and outer layer of mantle
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Lithosphere
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Process that changes one type of rock into any other
Formation, breakdown, and reformation of rocks |
Rock Cycle
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Formed by melting
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Igneous Rock
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Formed by heat and pressure
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Metamorphic Rock
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Formed by weathering and erosion |
Sedimentary Rock
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All the living and nonliving parts of an area |
Ecosystem
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Caused by plates colliding
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Earthquakes or Mountain formation
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Covers 75% of the Earth
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Oceans/Water
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Comprises 97% of all the water on Earth
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Saltwater/Oceans
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Site of most of the freshwater on Earth
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Polar Ice Caps/Glaciers
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Layer of atmosphere in which we live
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Troposphere
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Rusting is an example
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Chemical weathering
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Rock made from volcanoes
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Igneous
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Least explosive volcano |
Shield
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Water held underground
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Groundwater
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Where freshwater is found
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lakes, river, streams
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Place in atmosphere where temperature declines rapidly
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Thermocline
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Separates two air masses
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Front
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Layers of atmosphere
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Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
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Direction wind generally blows in Northern hemisphere (USA)
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West to East
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Warmest layer of atmosphere
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Thermosphere
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Example of renewable energy
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Solar, wind, geothermal, water
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Gas that depletes ozone layer
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Chlorofluorocarbons (aerosols)
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Rock formation, fossils, ancient climate
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Evidence of continental drift
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Single land mass |
Pangaea
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Process that forms new ocean crust at mid-ocean ridges, and destroys old ocean crust at deep-sea trenches |
Sea-floor spreading
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Boundary where two tectonic plates slide horizontally
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Transform boundaries (faults)
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Periodic rise and fall in sea level
Caused by the moon |
Tides
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Cycle in which water is always moving and recycling
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Water Cycle
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Opening that allows magma to the surface |
Volcano
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Two tectonic plates moving apart
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Divergent
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Discovered theory of continental drift
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Wegner
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Wave caused by earthquake on ocean floor
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Tsunami
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Measures air pressure
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Barometer
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Measures temperature
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Thermometer
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Measures wind speed
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Anemometer
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All the water on Earth
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Hydrosphere
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Exists in finite amounts
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Non-renewable resources
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Feathery clouds
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Cirrus
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Cotton-like clouds
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Cumulus
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Storm cloud
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Cumulonimbus
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Blocks UV rays from the sun
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Ozone layer
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Metals, fossils fuels, plastics
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Nonrewable resources
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Steps in Water Cycle
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Precipitation
Runoff Infiltration Evaporation Condensation |
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Violent storm caused by low pressure; characterized by funnel cloud with high winds |
Tornado
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Change in direction of the Earth's axis without any change in tilt
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Precession
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Wobbling around of the Earth's axis 1/2 degree in one direction or another
Occurs over an 18 year period |
Nutation
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Point between two objects where they balance each other |
Barycenter |
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Energy from the sun |
Radiation |
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Caused by water freezing and expanding |
Physical Weathering |
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Front characterized by lots of rain |
Cold Front |
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Pressure characterized by lots of rain |
Low Pressure |
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Pressure characterized by clear skies and cooler temperatures |
High Pressure |
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Youngest part of the sea-floor |
In the middle |
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Oldest part of the sea-floor |
On the edges |
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Process where plants lose water to the atmosphere |
Transpiration |
