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cartograher
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mapmakers
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geosphere
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the solid earth
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intermediate
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Grey in color
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lateral moraine
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forms on side
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earths magnetic field
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magnetic dipole
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Luster
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How a mineral reflects light.
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temperature inversions
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dangerous trap of pollution
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meteorology
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The study of the atmosphere
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Adamantine
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Luster, brilliant luster of diamond
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Till
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type of glacial deposit; material deposited directly by the ice, typically poorly sorted and stratified.
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lithification
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The process that converts sediments into solid rock by compaction or cementation.
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mass
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amount of matter in an object
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In a retreating glacier=
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Output > Input
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aquitard
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impermeable beds that hinder or prevent groundwater movement.
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radiation
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movement of energy through empty space
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seasonal wind
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move huge regional air masses
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Veins
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Transport liquids and reinforces the leaf's structure
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natural resource
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Anything in the environment that humans use.
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fracture zone
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-linear zone of irregular topography on the deep ocean floor that follows transform faults and their inactive extensions
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altitude increases, temperature increases
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Thermosphere's altitude and temperature
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nimbus
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a dark gray cloud bearing rain (precipitation)
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reflecting
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telescope focuses light by using a mirror
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terrane
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a large block of lithospheric plate that has been moved, often over a distance of thousands of kilometers, and attached to the edge of a continent
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convergent oceanic-continental boundary
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Continental volcanic arcs are associated with what type of plate boundary
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vegetation
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Steep slopes can be safer with _________
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how do metamorphic rocks form?
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heat and pressure
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micrometeoroids
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tiny objects no larger than sand grains
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'a'a
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lava that is clinkery with sharp, jagged surface
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pluton
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an intrusive igneous rock body that crystallized from magma slowly cooling below the surface of the Earth
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The transfer of energy through space is
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radiation
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Rock Flour
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Ground up rock produced by the grinding effect of a glacier.
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subduction zone
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at a convergent plate boundary where one plate is being pushed underneath, ocean plate underneath a continental plate
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Moraine
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A ridge of unsorted sediment on the ground or on the glacier itself
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gem
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rare, valuable mineral that can be cut and polished
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High pressure regions
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Subsiding air, divergent winds, and dry conditions
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batholith
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massive rock unit (at least 100 mi2) that cooled underground
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sinkhole
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created when roof or top of cabe collapses creating a depression on the grounds surface
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Bed Load
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Sand, pebbles, and boulders that are moved along the bed of a stream and that are top heavy to be carried in suspension.
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stationary front
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a boundary between air masses that don't move possibly causing rain for several days
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pangaea
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the name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents
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Surface Runoff
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The excess water flowing across the ground
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A possible answer to the problem that can be tested.
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Hypothesis
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2 EXAMPLE OF A NONVASCULAR PLANTS
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LIVERWORT AND MOSSES
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soil conservation
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The management of soil to prevent its destruction.
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Two most common elements in Earth's crust
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Oxygen and Silicon
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thory used to describe the origin of the solar system
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nebular theory
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Saturated Air
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air that is filled to capacity with water vapor
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asteroid belt
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area between the orbits of mars and jupiter where most asteroids are located
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newton
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a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram
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What is the height at which condensation occurs
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(LCL)Lifted Condensation Level
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Mass movement-slump
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the downward movement of a block of material along a curved surface
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Advective cooling
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-Warm, moist air travels over a cold body of water
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hypothesis
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a proposition assumed as a given in an argument or idea that is not proven
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strike slip fault
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Break in rock caused by shear forces where rocks slide past each other without much vertical movement
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principle of Uniformitarianism
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The present is the key to the past
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shadow zone
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1) A zone beyond 105 degrees from the focus of an earthquake where S waves are absent because the waves are not transmitted through the liquid outer core. 20 A zone at angular distance of 105 to 142 from the focus of an earthquake where P waves are absent because they are refracted downward into the core and emerge at greater distances after the delay caused by their detour through the core.
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What is reclamation?
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The process of reeturning land to its orginal consition after mining is complete.
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geologic map
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a type of map that shows the type and age of rocks that are exposed at Earth's surface
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Describe a Full Moon
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All of the moon facing Earth is lighted
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What is an anthrogenic effect?
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man-made input into a system; not by nature
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Why would the sea rise with global warming?
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ice from both polar regions would melt.
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On a timeline where 1mm = 1 million years, how far from present day would the extinction of the dinosaurs fall, about 65 million years ago. Show your work below:
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1 mm/1 million = Xmm/65 million
X = 65 mm
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