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deposition
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the process of dropping of sediments
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amount of light earth receives from a star
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apparent magnitude
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object moving towards
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blue shift
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amount of light actually given off
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absoulute magnitude
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a mixture of weathered rock and organic matter
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soil
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rock spikes from ceiling
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stalactites
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molten rock from a volcano flowing on earths surface
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lava
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a plate moves over a hot area in the earth and when the plate moves it makes islands
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hot spots
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fossils from species that existed on earth for short peiods of time but were geographicly wide spread
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index fossils
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a small object moving thru space before it enters our atmosphere
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meteoroid
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once the METEOR hits the ground it becomes a..
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meteorite
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inner core
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liquid
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the process that moves weathered sediments from one location to another
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erosion
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water cycle
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evaporation
condensation precipitation run off ground water |
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warm core tropical cyclone.. maximum winds- 74 mph or greater
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hurricane
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layer of permeable rock that transmits water freely
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aquifier
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the area where all of the pores in the rocks are completely filled with water
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zone of saturation
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a well in which pressure causes water to come up to the surface..no pump needed
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artesian well
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vernal equinox
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spring..
march 20/21 |
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a list of common minerals and hardness
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moh's hardness scale
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found on hillsides where the water table is exposed to the surface
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spring
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small channel on the side of the slope
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rills
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a measure of the amount of the water in the air
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relative humidity
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amount of water vapor in the air
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humidity
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has 100% relative humidity
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saturated air
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process in which minerals are dissolved in water and carried down a soil profile
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leaching
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cinder cone..
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made of layers of tephra..steep sides, not very tall, violent eruptions
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cloud getting water ready for rain
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condensation
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rain drizzle, etc.
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precipitation
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used to measure relative humidity
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psychrometer
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foliated, non-foliated
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metamorphic
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the temperature at which air is saturated and condensation takes place
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dew point
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the breaking of rocks into smaller fragments
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weathering
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the uppermost surface of the zone of saturation
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water table
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rising of water forming into clouds
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evaporation
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a naturally occuring solid with a definite structure and chemical composition
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mineral
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large grained cooled slowly intrusive
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igneous
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made of layrers of tephra, steep sides..not very tall, violent eruptions
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cinder cone
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winter solstice
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dec 21/22.. south over tropic of capricorn
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small mass of air that whirls rapidly..funnel shaped
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tornado
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shield cone..
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layers of lava, broad flat sides..quiet eruptions
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<-- --> what type of fault is this?
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divergent...think of dividing <-- -->
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rock under outer layer
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mantle
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spinning of earth on its axis period.. 23 hours 56 minutes (1 day)
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RoTaTe
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summer solstice
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june 21/22.. north over tropic of cancer
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crust..
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outer layer of earth
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autumnal equinox
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fall..
september 22/23 |
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made of one or more minerals
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rock
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(SHOOTING STAR) as the "meteoroid" passes thru the atmosphere it becomes a ..
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meteor
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shadows on right side of moon
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waning
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earth movement around the sun period.. 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes (1 year)
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ReVoLvE
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rock spikes from floor
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stalagmites
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shadows on left side of moon
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waxing
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made of north america, europe and asia
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laurasia
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loops or sheets of glowing gas ejected from an active region of the solar surface moving under the influence of the sun's magnetic field
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prominences
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two ocean plates push together..this makes volcanoes which make islands
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island arcs
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the fault where the left part points down and the right part points up
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strike slip
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when the entire disk of the sun is covered by the moon
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totality
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"snowy dirt balls" that orbit the sun
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comet
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--> <-- what type of fault is this?
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convergent..think of "come together right now"
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object moving away
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red shift
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antarctica, india, australia, south america
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gondwanaland
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rock that has few or no pore spaces so that water can;t pass thru
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permeable
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coprolite
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animal droppings
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a distance north or south of the equator expressed in degrees
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latitude
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more violent than prominences
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solar flares
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an imaginary line that circles earth halfway between the north and south poles
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equator
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rocks that allow water to pass thru them
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impermeable
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sediments may fill in the mold and take out shape of original object
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cast
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sediments around an object turn to rock
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mold
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made of layers of lava and tephra..steep sides, typically large..violent eruptions
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composite cone
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signs that an organism was there
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trace fossils
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whole or parts of the actual organism remain intact
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original remains
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some or all of the original materials in the remains have been replaced by minerals
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petrified remains
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relatively small rocky objects that revolve around the sun
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asteroid
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an imaginary line running from the north pole to the south pole
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prime meridian
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a distance east or west of the prime meridian expressed in degrees
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longitude
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the 180degree meridian
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international date line
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molten rocke beneath earths suface
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magma
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the energy waves that make the ground awake during an earthquake
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Seismic waves
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igneaous rocks that form beneath earth's surface
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intrusive
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bacteria thought to be one of the earliest life forms
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cyanobacteria
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when the dinosaurs all died off
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extinction of dinosaurs
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mass per unit volume
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density
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rock formed from compaction and cemetation
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sedimentary
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igneous rocks that form when magma extrudes into earths surface and cools as lava
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extrusive
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when metal is exposed to water and oxygen..RUSt
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oxidation
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dark colored organic matter made of pieces of decaying plants and animals
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humus
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cloud of stars or dust
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nebula
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group of chemicals used as refridgerents
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chlorofluorocarbons
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