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Unit 1: Intro to Earth Science
Unit 2: Geology
Unit 3: Oceanography
Unit 4: Meteorology
Unit 5: Astronomy
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What are the Layers of the Inner Earth?
Crust Mantle Outer Core Inner Core
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What is Panthalassa?
Superocean surrounding Pangaea 200 million years ago
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How much of the Earth's surface is covered in Water?
72%
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What is Visible Light?
A wave of Energy that allows us to see
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What are Asteriods?
Fragments of rock located mostly in between inner and outer planets
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What are the 4 Seasons?
Summer Solstice Winter Solstice Autumnal Equinox Vernal Equinox
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What was the Geologist who became a navy sub commander in WW2.
Harry Hess
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What is a Bathysphere?
Metal sphere which is lowered on cables to the deep ocean?
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what is a Warm Front?
Hot Air Mass Moving into a Cold Air Mass- Produces Light Rain
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What is the Hubble Law?
The Universe is Expanding as all galaxies move apart.
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What is a Hypothesis?
a proposed explanation
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What are Divergent Boundaries?
Plates are moving away from one another.
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What is the order of the Oceans from deepest to shallowest
Pacific Atlantic Indian Arctic Southern
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What is a Cold Front?
Cold air Mass Moving into a Hot Air Mass- Produces Heavy Rains and Sometimes Storms
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What is the Big Bang theory?
All of the Universe was once in a tiny atom-sized area and "exploded" outward forming the universe as it is today
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what is the Shape of the Earth?
Oblate Sphereoid
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How do you Measure seismic waves?
Seismograph
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What is the deepest feature on Earth, Found where Subduction occurs?
Trenches
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How do Tornadoes Form?
when hot, humid air rising rapidly and strong horizontal rotating winds.
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What are the inner Planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
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What is the Scientific Method (In Order)
State the Problem Gather Information Form a hypothesis State a Conclusion
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What are the Rock Textures and Definitions?
Aphanitic- Fine Crystals Phaneritic- Large Crystals Porphyritic- Fine Crystals and Some Large Crystals
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What are some causes of Waves?
Wind, Earthquakes, and Meteorite impacts.
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How do Hurricanes Form?
when hot, moist air over tropical oceans mixes with colder air and begins to rotate
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What are the Outer Planets?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune