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Astronomy
Plate Tectonics
Rock Cycle
Energy Use
Hydrosphere
100
During which season in the Northern Hemisphere is the Earth closest to the sun?
What is winter
100
where are earthquakes most likely to take place
What is near a fault zone
100
by what two processes are rocks broken up and moved to different locations
What is weathering and erosion
100
this type of energy can be saved within one's lifetime.
What is renewable
100
name the six steps of the water cycle
What is transpiration, evaporation, condensation, run-off, precipitation, infiltration
200
This causes the seasons to occur on earth
What is tilt
200
which mountain range resulted from a collision of North America and Africa as parts of Pangea joined together in the late Pennsylvanian Period
What is Appalachian Mountains
200
water dissolves many chemicals in rocks this is an example of what kind of process
What is chemical weathering
200
Peat, Lignite, Bituminous, Anthracite are all types of these
What is coal
200

These special areas are home to a variety of wildlife and filter Earth's water

What are wetlands?

300

This theory is a prominent belief in how the universe began.

What is the Big Bang Theory?

300

a transform boundary of two crustal plates will cause what to occur

What is an earthquake

300

How do metamorphic rocks form?

What is a rock undergoing heat and pressure?
300
this type of energy comes from moving water Cons – Location-dependent, can interfere with fish (Example – Salmon)
What is hydroelectric power
300
This is the largest watershed in the USA
What is the Mississippi
400

This is the shape of the Earth's orbit.

What is the elliptical shape?

400

the pattern of older rocks near trenches and new rock near mid-ocean ridges supports this theory

What is sea floor spreading

400

What layer of soil is the best for growing plants and contains nutrients, although you cannot eat it.

What is hummus?

400
these three words have become the mantra for the "green" movement
What is reduce, reuse, recycle
400
How much of the Earth's surface is freshwater
What is 3%
500

This is the term for when a planet is farthest away from the sun.

What is aphelion?

500
rock and fossil correlation can be made where continents appear to fit together best support this theory
What is the formation of a supercontinent,pangea
500
this process causes large crystals to form in igneous rocks
What is the cooling rate of magma
500
this energy source comes from comes from combining atoms.
What is fusion
500

Name a way that water can become polluted.

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Agriculture, farming, and construction.