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| What happens to the density as pressure increases? |
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| the density increases as well |
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| What happens to the density as temperature increases? |
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| the same substance has ________ amount of density |
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| What happens to water as it freezes? |
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| At what temperature is water the most dense as a liquid? |
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| What is the true shape of the the earth? |
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| What is the best model of the earth? |
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| The altitude of what is equal to your latitude? |
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| What is needed to determine the circumference of the the earth? |
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| the altitude of the sun at 2 locations |
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| lines are parallel to the equator and they are spaced from north to south and go from east to west |
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| Lines are spaced from east to west and travel north south |
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| The closer the isolines are, the ________ the gradient/slope |
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| Ocean Crust is made of... |
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| this is made of basalt and is very thin |
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| this is thick and made of granite |
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| Chemical Weathering occurs here |
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| this occurs mostly in warm humid climates |
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| Physical Weathering occurs here |
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| this occurs in mostly cold humid climates( good for frost wedging) |
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| Porosity doesn't depend on this |
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| the ability of water or a liquid to pass through something |
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| permeability increases as ____ increases |
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| the ability to absorb liquids |
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| absorption of a liquid ( up) |
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| As particle size decreases, capillarity does what? |
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| What is the #1 agent of erosion? |
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| Stream velocity depends on.... |
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| a bend or curve in a stream |
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| Velocity is fastest on the ______of a stream meander. |
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| What kind of particles settle first in a stream? |
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| Round, heavy, and dense particles |
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| What size sediments are on the bottom in vertical sorting? |
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| The biggest sediments are on the bottom and the smallest sediments are on the top. |
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| Are glacial sediments sorted or unsorted? |
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| rock containing fragments of other sediments or rocks |
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| rock that contains remains of small organisms |
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| the salty crusty sediment that remains after sea water evaporates |
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| this type of rock is made of remains and material from the earths surface and in bodies of water |
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| a layered arrangement of firmly joined minerals ....aligned by banding or layers |
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| marked with strips of color or texture |
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| change in the structure of rock by natural agencies (such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances) |
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| the result of the transformation of an already existing rock type in the process of metamorphism. (foliated, non-foliated, mineral alignment, banding) |
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| formation in which hot magma from inside the earth FLOWS OUT (extrudes) onto the surface as lava and hardens into a rock |
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| rock formed from magma that cools and solidifies WITHIN the crust of the Earth. |
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| rocks with small air pockets (holes) formed in volcanic rock during solidification. |
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| rocks are lightly colored and have a lower density. rock is rich in Silicon and feldspar |
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| these rocks are darkly colored and have a higher density. Rocks are rich in iron and magnesium. |
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| rocks formed by the solidification of molten material from far below the Earths surface. |
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| a solid rock with 4 equilateral triangular faces. |
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| earth's crust in equilibrium |
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| new earth being created by sea floor spreading (divergent plate boundaries) |
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| a region where one tectonic plate is sinking under another tectonic plate due to a convergent plate boundary. |
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| landform created at subduction zones. hole |
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| first wave to occur in an earthquake. This wave travels the fastest. can travel through liquids solids and gasses. caused by rock vibrations |
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| secondary wave. travels slowest. cannot pass through the outer core (liquids or gasses). |
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| steep slopes with sharp angles. |
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| smooth with rounded slopes |
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| the transfer of heat by the mass movement of heated particles into an area of cooler fluid. |
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| When a rock is broken into pieces, __________ increases. |
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