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| Plates that move past each other are called _____ |
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| What do the words igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic refer to? |
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| Describe the position of the Earth in the solar system. |
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| It is the thrid rocky planet from the sun |
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| What does a thermometer measure? |
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| Where do most earthquakes and volcanoes occur? |
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| near faults (the boundaries of the plates) |
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| As ocean depth increases, the water temperature _____? |
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| _____ is a small, rocky satellite with temperature extremes, no atomosphere, and no life. |
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| What does a barometer measure? |
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| What gives scientists information about life and conditions of the past? |
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| What covers aobut 70% of the surface of the Earth? |
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| How does a lunar eclipse occur? |
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| the moon moves into the Earth's shadow |
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| What type of weather occurs when cumulonimbus clouds are present? |
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| What are the four closest planets to the sun in our solar system? |
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| Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars |
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| What two factors increase as you go deeper beneath the surface of the earth? |
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| What feature of the deep ocean floor is the deepest? |
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| What do these words describe: new, crescent, gibbous, quarter, full? |
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| What type of weather occurs when cirrus clouds are present? |
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| Mountains and ocean trenches may be caused by _____? |
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| What is another name for the moisture in the air? |
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| How often does the moon revolve around the Earth? |
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| Plates that move together are called _____? |
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| What produces much of the earth's oxygen? |
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| How many planets are in our solar system? |
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| What does an anemometer measure? |
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| What part of the earth is made mostly of nickel and iron? |
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| What part of the ocean floor is the most shallow? |
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| What causes season on Earth? |
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| the tilt of the Earth's axis |
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| What type of weather occurs when stratus couds are present? |
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| What other event is likely to happen where earthquakes occur? |
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| What kind of rock changes with heat and pressure? |
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| Which NASA missions added greatly to our knowledge of the moon? |
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| How does a solar eclipse occur? |
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| The moon moves between the earth and the sun |
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| What is the boundary between air masses for different temperature and humidity? |
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| What causes day and night on the Earth? |
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| the rotation of the Earth |
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| What kind of rock is formed in layers? |
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| What blocks most of the sun's damaging rays? |
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| How long does it take the Earth to revolve around the sun? |
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| What is the measure of the amount of heat energy in the atmosphere? |
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| Plates that move apart are called ____? |
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| Large, continent-sized blocks that move slowly about the Earth's surface are called _____ |
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| What are caused by wind patterns and differences in water densities? |
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| _____ is an average sized yellow star. |
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| Water that falls to the earth is called _____ |
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