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| The 1969 Environmental Impact Statement also led to the creation of __________________________________. |
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| The National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA). |
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"A thing is right when it tends to __________ the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise."
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| ________ Planets are classified into this group because they are made of mostly solid material and rock. They include: |
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Terrestrial Planets;
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars. |
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| Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto are called ________ planets and are composed mostly of gas. |
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True or False:
The Milky Way Galaxy is believed to have been formed out of a nebula. |
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A naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a definite internal structure and specific chemical composition. Anything manufactured is not a mineral.
**There are minerals that are organic (has carbon) and minerals that are not solid (mercury). |
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| Tendency to break (mineral's internal structure) |
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| Name some determining properties/characteristics among minerals |
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| Luster, Color, Streak (the minerals ability to leave a streak or powdered residue when scratched, Clevage, Specific Gravity, Hardness. |
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True or False:
There are under 1000 known minerals |
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| False - there are 4000 known minerals |
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| A naturally occurring or aggregate/combination of one or more minerals. |
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| A naturally occurring or aggregate/combination of one or more minerals. |
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Form when minerals crystallize from a cooling body of magma.
Extusive - small grain size, form on surface. Basalt
Intrusive - large grain size, form under surface of magma. Granite. |
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Rocks that form from pre-existing rocks that have been weathered, or from organisms whose skeletons simply accumulate.
Shale, Sandstone, Coal |
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Rocks that form as temperature and pressure increase and unstable minerals transform to become more stable forming rocks.
Slate |
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The fundamental structural pattern in mineral's chemical composition.
Amorphous - no internal structure. |
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| "if it wasn't grown, it had to be _____" |
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| Convection cells in the mantel move laterally and horizontally, creating a dragging effect that causes crustal plates to move. |
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| Land (continental plates) are comprised of ______, while the ocean floor is comprised of ______. |
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| Measures effect of an earthquake based on visual changes. More widely used than the Richter Scale. |
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| Why do plate faults exist by many in the ocean? |
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| Because oceanic plates are the youngest rock and more susceptible to breaking and activity. |
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| The increase in water's velocity as it flows through a meandering bend, causing the water to cut into the landscape on one side. |
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| Fluvial systems start with a upland water source, form small tributaries, converge into braided streams and large, flat meandering streams, and end in |
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| Includes acid rain, heat and pressure changes. |
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True or False:
Soils are renewable resources. |
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| False - soils are non-renewable because they can be lost at a much greater rate than which they form. |
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True or False:
Earth is the only known planet with soils. |
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| True - because it is the only known planet that is able to support plant life. |
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| Cave deposits are the subsurface expressions of karst. |
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| Water exits in the subsurface because of _______. Water flows through the subsurface because of _______. |
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| Longshore current is primarily dictated by _____. |
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