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Definition
Climate/Seasons
Heat
History
Mixed
100
theory that pieces of Earth moves about slowly on the mantle
What is Plate Tectonics?
100
caused by the tilt of Earth's axis as it revolves around the sun
How is seasons caused?
100
heat energy transfer due to electromagnetic waves
What is radiation?
100
the theory that the universe began
What is Big Bang?
100
water found underground
What is groundwater?
200
a nonrenewable energy source from the remains of organisms from a former geologic age that can be used as fuel
What is fossil fuels?
200
summer and winter
When does a solstice happen?
200
transfer of heat energy between heat substances that are in direct contact with one another
What is conduction?
200
formation of Earth
What is Precambrian?
200
water, carbon, and nitrogen cycle
What are the 3 cycles?
300
careful use of natural resources including preservation, protection, or restoration
What is conservation?
300
fall and spring
When does a equinox happen?
300
heat transfer in a fluid by the circulation of currents due to differences in density
What is convection?
300
ocean animals
What is Paleozoic?
300
the suns energy
What is produced by the fusion of hydrogen and helium?
400
old oceanic plates sink into the mantle
What is subduction?
400
tropical, temperate marine, temperate continental, dry, highlands, polar
What are the 6 climate regions?
400
the sun
What is the external source of heat for earth?
400
dinosaurs
What is Mesozoic?
400
white dwarf, neutron star, black hole
What is a way that a start dies?
500
new oceanic crust is created
What is sea floor spreading?
500
temperature and precipitation
What are the 2 main factors that determine a regions climate?
500
radioactive decay
What is the internal source of heat for earth?
500
humans
What is Cenozoic?
500
nebula and protostar
What is the formation of a star?