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| The 3 Parts of the water cycle? |
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| Evaporation, Condensation,and Precipitation. |
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| List the oceans that make up the world ocean. |
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| Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic. |
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| Identify the oceans with key characteristic of each. |
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Pacific - The largest ocean on earth
Atlantic - The second largest ocean
Indian - depth is 3,890
Arctic - Covered by floating ice. |
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| The Concentration of all the dissolved salts in contains. |
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| The temperature zones of the ocean. |
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Surface zone - Warm because sun light hits
Thermocouple - Drops faster with increased depth
Deep Zone - Bottom layer is a little above freezing average 2 degrees C. |
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| A rock layer that stores and allows the flow of ground water. |
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| Is the surface of land where the water enters the aquifer. |
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| A mixture of gases that surrounds Earth. |
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| Layers of the Atmosphere. |
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| Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere. |
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| Key Characteristics for the layers of the atmosphere. |
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Troposphere - Most dense and weather.
Stratosphere - Has and Ozone Layer
Mesosphere - Is cold at -93 degrees C.
Thermosphere - its 2000 degrees but feels normal. |
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| The transfer of energy across space and in the atmosphere. |
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| Is the flow of heat from a warmer object to a colder object when the objects are placed in direct physical contact. |
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| Its the transfer of heat by air currents. |
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| Process in which gases trap heart near the earth. |
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| Energy enter the environment, but matter does not. |
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| Both matter and energy are exchanged between a system and the surrounding environment. |
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| Is were all living things are located or exist and is about 11 km into the ocean and 9 km in to the atmosphere. |
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| Is 10 degrees and 40 degrees. |
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