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2nd Nine Weeks Study Guide Science Flashcards

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1
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When energy is stored it is called?

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Potential

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When energy is moving it is called?

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Kinetic

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3
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Constantly being supplied.

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Renewable

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Gone once it is used up

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Non renewable

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5
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Comes from splitting the nucleus of an atom

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Nuclear

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Formed from plant remains

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Coal

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Produced by flowing water

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Hydroelectric

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Is the source, either directly or indirectly, of most other renewable energy sources

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Solar

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Problem with this one is few places have steady winds to create it.

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Wind

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Made from living things

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Biomass

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11
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Water heated by magma under Earth’s surface

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Geothermal

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Formed from small animals and plants that lived in the sea millions of years ago

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Oil

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13
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Takes more energy to obtain it than we get from burning it.

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Hydrogen

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14
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Formed from some of the same organisms as oil

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Natural gas

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The closer you are to earth, the _____ air pressure you feel on you.

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More

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The farther away from earth, the _____ air pressure you feel on you.

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Less

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17
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_____ is a major factor in our weather.

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Heat

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18
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Where does heat come from?

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The sun

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19
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Air temperature is usually measured using a _____

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Thermometer

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A _____ is the horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.

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Wind

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_____ is caused by the earth’s rotation and as a result the winds of the earth are curved.

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Coriolis Effect

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The ____ is an area near the equator where there is no wind.

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Doldrums

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23
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The winds that meet at the polar front are called the ____ and the _____.

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Polar easterlies

Prevailing westerlies

24
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Northern hemisphere winds turn towards the _____

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Right

25
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Southern hemisphere winds turn towards the _____

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Left

26
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Water cycle stages:

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  1. Evaporation
  2. Condensation
  3. Precipitation
  4. Run Off
27
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Plants also contribute to the water cycle. What stage of the water cycle do they contribute to? _____ What is the official name for the “sweating” that they do _____?

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Evaporation

Transpiration

28
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The movement of water between the atmosphere and earth’s surface is called the ____ ____

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Water Cycle

29
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The measure of the amount of water vapor in the air.

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Humidity

30
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What effects the air’s ability to hold water vapor?

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Temperature of the air

31
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What temperature of air holds more water vapor?

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Warm air

32
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Liquid that formed the clouds becomes too heavy and falls to the earth

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Precipitation

33
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The process by which water molecules and liquid water escape into the air as water vapor (gas)

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Evaporation

34
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The variety of ways water moves across the land

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Run Off

35
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The process by which water vapor in the air is changed

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Condensation

36
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Clouds form when water vapor in the air condenses to form liquid ____ and ____ crystals.

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Water

Ice

37
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Scientist classify clouds based on their ____ and ____

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Shape

Altitude

38
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Each cloud type is associated with a different type of weather

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True

39
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Scientist classify air masses according to ____ and ____

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Temperature

Humidity

40
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Maritime means that a air mass formed over.

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Ocean

41
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Continental means that an air mass formed over

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Land

42
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Maritime polar

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Cold and humid air

43
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Maritime tropical

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Warm and humid air

44
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Continental polar

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Cold and dry air

45
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Continental tropical

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Warm and dry air

46
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What causes weather to change

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When 2 air masses collide

47
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What 2 things move the 4 major types of air masses

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Prevailing westerlies

Jet stream

48
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The boundary where 2 air masses meet becomes a ____

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Front

49
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Cold air is _____ and tends to _____

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Dense

Sink

50
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Warm air is ____ ____ and tends to ____

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Less Dense

Rise

51
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Cold air mass and hot air mass meet but cannot move each other

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Stationary front

52
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Fast moving warm air mass overtakes a slow moving cold air mass

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Warm front

53
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Warm air mass caught between 2 cold air masses

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Occluded

54
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Fast moving cold air mass runs into a slow moving warm air mass and slides under the warm air mass

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Cold front

55
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Tornados form when what 2 types of air masses meet?

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When a warm humid air mixes with cold dry air

56
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What is the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning?

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Tornado watch - when there is the possibility of tornados in the area
Tornado warning - when there have been tornados seen or spotted on radar.

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