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| the planet on which we live; the world. |
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| a continuous area or expanse which is free, available, or unoccupied. |
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| the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. |
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| a change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels. |
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| the branch of science which deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole. |
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| the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it. |
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| the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet. |
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| Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity |
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| openings in Earth's crust from which molten rock, dust, ash, and hot gases flow or erupt |
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| Energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles. |
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| Form of heat transfer where heat energy is directly transferred between molecules through molecular collisions or direct contact. |
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| The transfer of thermal energy by the circulation or movement of a liquid or gas |
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| The change of state from a gas to a liquid |
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| Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface includes rain, hail, snow and sleet |
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| The change of state from a liquid to a gas |
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| Global patterns created from the movement of the oceans; such as the Gulf Stream |
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| what is a surface current |
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| A horizontal movement of ocean water that is caused by wind and that occurs at or near the ocean's surface |
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| Currents that are caused by the differences in the density of ocean water. These currents move and mix water around the world. |
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| winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long distances |
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| what does environmental factor mean |
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| the water, topography, and vegetation of an area or region |
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| a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground |
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| A tropical storm that has winds of about 119 kilometers per hour or higher. |
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| A long period of dry weather |
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| The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place. |
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| A measure of how hot or cold something is. |
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| what is thermal expansion |
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| An increase in the size of a substance when the temperature is increased |
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| A landform with high elevation and high relief. |
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| a large body of water surrounded by land |
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| large natural stream of water that runs through the land |
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| huge, slow moving sheets of ice |
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| large craters that form when the roof of an underground cavern collapses after being drained of the groundwater that supports it |
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| what is chemical weathering |
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| The process in which rock is broken down by changes in its chemical makeup |
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| what is physical weathering |
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| Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water. |
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| The continuous movement of water from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back to the ocean |
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| A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. |
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| A group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area. |
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| Establishing the equivalence of rocks of similar age in different areas. |
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| what is a natural selection |
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| Evolutionary mechanism that says traits that improve an individual's reproductive success are passed on more frequently to future generations than those that do not. |
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| what is a radiometric dating |
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| The procedure of calculating the absolute ages of rocks and minerals that contain radioactive isotopes |
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| what is a radiocarbon dating |
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| The procedure of determining the age of rocks by comparing the amount of radioactive carbon-14 to the amount of stable carbon-12 in a sample. |
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