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What are the examples of hydrocarbons?

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coal, oil, natural gas, fossil fuels

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Define Ore:

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METALLIC deposit

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What are examples of renewable resources?

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Trees, Solar Wind, Hydroelectric, Geothermal

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What are examples of nonrenewable resources?

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Fossil Fuels, Metals, Minerals

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What is the order of coal development?

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Peat, Lignite, Bituminous, Anthracite

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What are the advantages of Solar Energy? What are the drawbacks?

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Non-polluting, equipment is expensive

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What are the disadvantages of nuclear power?

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cost of building it, what to do with waste, risk of accident

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How is hydroelectric power produced?

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falling water turns a turbine

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What is the source of geothermal energy?

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underground steam and hot water

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10
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What problems are associated with sanitary landfills?

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leaching and methane

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Why is methane gas an issue in sanitary landfills?

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ignitable (explosive) but it can be removed through pipes

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How can people reduce the amount of garbage in landfills?

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By composing wastes that are organic and biodegradable

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Define Solid Waste:

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garbage, sludge

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What are the 4 main gases in the atmosphere?

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N-O-C-A: Nitrogen- Oxygen- Carbon Dioxide- Argon

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Acid rain is a type of _______ pollutant.

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secondary

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16
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How is climate related to weather?

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climate is the weather overtime

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17
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The main purpose of the ozone layer is

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to absorb UV rays

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18
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Humans generally live in what layer of the atmosphere

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troposphere

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What is an isotherm?

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lines that connect equal temperature

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What is the name given for a large body of air having the same temperature and humidity?

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air mass

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Thunderstorm form in warm, _____ air.

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humid

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Where do hurricanes form?

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over tropical oceans

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Which clouds are often associated with thunder and lightning?

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Cumulonimbus

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These are uniform grayish clouds that blanket the sky

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stratus

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These are thin, wispy, high clouds that translate in to “a curl of hair”

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cirrus

26
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A psychrometer is used to measure

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humidity

27
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An anemometer is used to measure

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wind speed

28
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The temperature at which dew, clouds, and fog forms is called

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dew point

29
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Isobars are lines that connect points of equal

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pressure

30
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The boundary that separates different air masses is called

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front

31
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Tornados are classified according to intensity using the

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Fujita Scale

32
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the tides are caused by

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gravitational pull between moon and earth

33
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Craters on the moon are formed by

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impact from debris

34
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The smooth dark areas of the moon that reflect little light are known as

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Maria

35
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The tide with the maximum daily tidal range that occurs during new and full moons is known as

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spring

36
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Constellations are

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groups of stars that form a pattern

37
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Most asteroids lie between the orbits of ______

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mars and jupiter

38
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It takes the Earth ___ days to make one complete revolution around the sun.

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365.24 days

39
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The theory that is widely accepted for explaining the formation of the universe is called the

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BIG BANG

40
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The stable ecosystem that develops due to succession

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climax community

41
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Rivers and streams are

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freshwater biomes

42
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What is an estuary

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where a river mixes with ocean water

43
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What is the indertidal zone?

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area between high and low tide

44
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What is an example of an abiotic factor?

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temperature, sunlight, precipitation

45
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What is secondary succession? Primary succession?

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Secondary- happens after fire or disaster

Primary- starts on bare rock

46
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Ground that never thaws is called ________. What biome do we find it in?

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permafrost- Tundra

47
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What is a biome?

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large area with same climax community

48
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What is the difference between the photic and aphotic zone?

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photic- shallow; light can penetrate

49
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Why cant humus form in the tropical rainforest?

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everything decomposes too fast

50
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Give an example of mutualism

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anytime 2 animals interact and both benefit

51
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What is an example of a niche?

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role a species plays in environment

52
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What are the three types of symbioses?

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mutualism, parasitism, commensalism

53
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Where do herd animals typically live (Which biome?)

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grasslands

54
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Which biome receives little to no rainfall?

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desert

55
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Solar energy

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energy from the sun

56
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tidal energy

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difference between high and low tide used to create electricity

57
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wind farm

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uses large number of windmills to produce electricity

58
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renewable

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resource that can never run out

59
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inexhaustible

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resource that can be replaced in a relative short period of time

60
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geothermal energy

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energy obtained from hot magma or dry, hot rocks inside

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biomass energy

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produces electricity from water running over a dam

62
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hydroelectric energy

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produced by burning organic matter, such as wood

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