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Intro to Earth Science / Plate tectonics / Earthquakes
Volcanoes / Rocks and minerals
Oceanography
Meterology
Astronomy
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What is a variable?
A variable is things in experiments that change
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what is a conduit?
Tube where magma rises through the volcano.
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What is continental shift?
A flat extension of the continent found underwater.
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Where is maritime tropical formed?
Forms over oceans and in the tropics.
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What is a universe?
Matter, energy, space, time
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What is a invariable?
Things in the experiment that do not change.
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What three characteristics make a mineral a mineral?
Solid, Inorganic, occur Naturally.
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What is the cause of surface currents?
Wind drives currents.
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Where is maritime formed?
Forms over ocean and poles.
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Whats a galaxy
Group of star systems bound together by gravity
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What is oblate spheroid?
Oblate spheroid is slightly wider at the equator, due to faster rotation.
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What is compaction?
Squeezed together
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What is a plunging breaker?
Waves form a tunnel and break along the shoreline due to medium slope.
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Where is continental tropical formed?
Forms over land at the tropics.
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What is a star?
massive sphere of gases that produces its own enegry
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When does summer solstice occur?
When the sun strikes at the highest point above the Equator.
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What is Cementation?
Gluing sediments together
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What is a Spilling Breaker?
Waves break far out and gently spill on the shoreline due to flat coastline.
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Where is Continental Polar formed?
Over land at the poles.
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What is a planet?
Sphere of matter that is too small to produce its own energy
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What did Alfred Wegener discover?
He developed the theory of continental drift.
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What is Stratification
Forms in layers
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What is surging breakers?
Waves crash into shoreline before breaking due to steep slope.
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What is a front?
when to air masses come together.
500
what is a moon?
Spheres of matter that are smaller then planets and revolve around planets.