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ESS Comprehensive Assessment
Earth and Space Science
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12th Grade
12/16/2019

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Paleontology[image]
Definition
The study of prehistoric life
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Abiogenesis[image]
Definition
The creation of life from non life
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Extremophiles[image]
Definition
Organisms that can exist in extreme conditions
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Hadean[image]
Definition
The first eon of earth history
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Archean [image]
Definition
The second eon in earth history
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Proterozoic [image]
Definition
The third eon in earth history
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Phanerozoic [image]
Definition
The court and current eon in earth history
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Precambrian [image]
Definition
The hadean, Archean, and Proterozoic eons
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Habitable Zone[image]
Definition
Adequately far zone from star where water can exist in liquid form .
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Global Warming[image]
Definition
The warming of earth’s atmosphere due to greenhouse gas
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World Vegan Day[image]
Definition
Celebrate benefits of veganism for humans and the natural environment are celebrated through activities such as setting up stalls, hosting potlucks, and planting memorial trees.
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Deforestation[image]
Definition
The mass removal of parts of a forest.
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Van Allen Belt[image]
Definition
lt is a zone of energetic charged particles, most of which originate from the solar wind, that are captured by and held around a planet by that planet's magnetic field.
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Severe weather[image]
Definition
any dangerous meteorological phenomenon
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The Global Goal[image]
Definition
In 2015, world leaders agreed to 17 goals for a better world by 2030.
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ESS [image]
Definition
A class where we focus on the relationship between space and the earth.
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The theia impact [image]
Definition
The term for the way the moon was formed.
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Comparative Planetology [image][image]
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The study of the similarities and differences between planets and other celestial bodies.
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Inner rocky planets[image]
Definition
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
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Outer Jovian planets[image]
Definition
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
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Source of Earth’s heat[image]
Definition
Was created from the kinetic energy from the Theia impact
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Gas and ice giants[image]
Definition
The outer planets
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Rocky or terrestrial planets[image]
Definition
The inner planets
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The Lonely Planet Paradox[image]
Definition
The idea that he building blocks of life have been seen almost everywhere, yet Earth is the only place where life has been seen.
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Three rules of relative dating [image]
Definition
Law of superposition, principle of original horizontality, principle of cross-cutting relationships
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Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic [image]
Definition
The eras of the Phanerozoic eon
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Components [image]
Definition
The individual parts of earth’s system
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Closed System[image]
Definition
Idea that all energy on Earth comes from the earth and will return to it, there cannot be energy created or lost.
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energy[image]
Definition
the capacity to do work, it is cycled through the earth system
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animal agriculture[image]
Definition
industrialized livestock production
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factors that effect the weather[image]
Definition
Relative Humidity, air pressure , and Humidity
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Main types of clouds[image]
Definition
cirrus, cumulus, and stratus
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Catastrophism[image]
Definition
the idea that earth has been affected with short lived, violent events worldwide.
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Gradualism [image]
Definition
The idea that earth has slowly been changed over time
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Uniformitarianism [image]
Definition
the idea that the same natural laws have existed throughout earths history
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Humidity [image]
Definition
A measure of the amount of water vapor in the air
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Weather[image]
Definition
The conditions of the atmosphere at any place and time
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Ocean Proximity [image]
Definition
Areas along the coast have wetter climates
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Climate [image]
Definition
The weather conditions over a long period of time
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Coriolis Force[image]
Definition
An effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force (the Coriolis force ) acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation.
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