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| The ________ has an atmosphere, water, and much higher gravity. |
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| The crust, mantle, inner and outer cores are classified as... |
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this is the outer layer of the earth
all life on earth live here and it is thin and solid |
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| the layer of earth that contains rock and metal, creates magma and lava |
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- it is the part of the earth's surface that is water
- covers 75% of the earth
- has groundwater like Edwards Aquifer
- consists of all the oceans, lakes, rivers, streams, and glaciers
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- the solid surface of the earth
- contains crust, continents, ocean floors, rocks, soil, and minerals
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| how the earth's surface is changed |
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| weathering, erosion, plate tectonics, volcanoes, earthquakes, and glaciers are all ways of... |
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- the breaking up of rocks into smaller pieces
- can be physical or chemical
this is known as... |
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- it breaks rocks apart but does not change their substance
- may be caused by freezing water, waves, wind, plant roots
what type of weathering is this? |
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| this type of weathering can form caves... |
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- the moving of weathered rock and soil
- flowing water is the main cause
- the wind carries sand, creating sand dunes
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| plates moving apart is known as... |
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- the theory that earth's surface is broken into plates that move
- have caused earthquakes, formed mountains, and erupted volcanoes
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| convergent boundary with a continental and oceanic plate |
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| when one plate moves under another, forming volcanoes and earthquakes |
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| convergent boundary with 2 continental plates |
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| has 2 plates that do not sink; causes mountain ranges to form |
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| this pollution is caused by the combustion of fossil fuels by power plants and automobile exhaust |
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| chemical weathering created the... |
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- troposphere
- stratosphere
- mesosphere
- thermosphere
- exosphere
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| our weather occurs here and is 1/2 of earth's atmosphere |
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| the layer of atmosphere where aircrafts fly |
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| the layer of the atmosphere where the space shuttle orbits |
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| carbon-dioxide/oxygen cycle |
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| this cycle produces oxygen for us to breathe |
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| ozone levels in our atmosphere |
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| this is caused by smog and is poisonous to inhale |
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- a gas that is a form of oxygen
- protects against harmful ultraviolent radiation in the upper atmosphere
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| ________ in the lower atmosphere can be dangerous because the sun acts with burning fossil fuel and vehicle emissions, making it hard to breathe and provides no photosynthesis for plants |
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- the theory of plate tectonics by German Scientist alfred Weneger
- theory that all continents were once 1 large continent but later broke apart
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| this can be changed by forces such as earthquakes and glacier movement |
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