EARTH

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it is by far the only planet known to man that can sustain life

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EARTH

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the cataclysmic expansion hurled all matter and created space

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BIG BANG THEORY

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According to the Big Bang Theory, the universe formed approximately

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13.7 billion years ago

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cooling of the debris allowed the formation of the simplest atoms which are

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hydrogen and helium

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explains an alternative solution to the question of the beginnings and endings of our universe

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Model of an
Oscillating Universe

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explains that there is a continuous creation of matter which is observable as the expansion of the universe

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Steady State Theory

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This part of the earth’s system is the planet’s water, including oceans, lakes, rivers, groundwater, ice, and water vapor.

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Hydrosphere

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states that the formation of the universe never stopped and is continuously making other different universes (multiverses)

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The Eternal Inflation

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balls of glowing gases

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Stars

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It started from the collection of dust and other particles along with the formation of the sun.

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Our planet

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This part includes the crust, mantle , and inner and outer cores.

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Geosphere

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This sphere includes all living things, including plants, animals, and other organisms.

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Biosphere

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This is a subset of the hydrosphere that consists of frozen water like glaciers and icebergs.

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Cryosphere

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This sphere includes the mixture of gases that surround the planet. This sphere protects us from the UV rays from the sun.

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Atmosphere

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It is the whole cosmic
system of matter and
energy.

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Universe

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The Greek Philosopher ANAXAGORAS believe that the original state of the cosmos was a primordial mixture of
all of its ingredients, which existed in infinitesimally small fragments of
themselves.

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Promordial Universe

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The Stoic Philosopher of ancient Greece believed that the universe is like a GIANT LIVING BODY, with its leading part is being the stars and the sun in which parts are interconnected.

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Stoic Universe Theory

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matter on the large scale uniformly
distributed and the universe is
gravitionally balanced but
essentially unstable.

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Static or Newtonian
Universe

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The French Philosopher Rene
Descartes outlined a model of the
universe with many of the
characteristics of Newton’s static,
infinite universe.

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Cartesian Vortex universe

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His model involved a system of huge
swirling whirlpools of fine matter
producing what would later be
called

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gravitational effects

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The Big Bang Theory was formulated by

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Abbe George Lemaitre

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The model of the universe
assumed by Albert Einstein in the
theory of gravity was not
dissimilar to Newton’s in that it
was static, dynamically stable
universe, which was neither
expanding or contracting. But
later abandoned this theory when
Hubble in 1929 showed that the
universe was not static.

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Einsteinian Universe

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A presentation of an idea, an object, or even a
process that is used to describe and explain a phenomenon
that cannot be experienced directly.

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MODEL

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Which EARTH places at the
center of the solar system.

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Geocentric Model by Claudius Ptolemy

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Which SUN places at the center of the solar system.

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Helocentric Model by Nicolaus Copernicus

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They presumes that the Solar System began as a cloud of dispersed interstellar gas called

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Nebula

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They proposed that a star passed close enough to the sun, creating huge tides and causing materials to be ejected.

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The Planetesimal

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was a variation of the planetesimal concept.

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Tidal theory

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the dense area of the nebula and the gaseous matter surrounding ceased to rotate uniformly.

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Protoplanet Theory

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slows down chemical reaction and produces ice that makes liquid water unavailable.

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LOW TEMPERATURE

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under the influence of turbulence and tidal action, the nebula broke into whirlpools of gas within rotating mas called.

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protoplanet

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can cause breakdown of important biological molecules.

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HIGH TEMPERATURE

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is a table and long-lasting star

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Sun

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traps heat, shields the surface from harmful radiation, and provides chemicals needed for life, such as nitrogen and carbon dioxide.

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Atmosphere

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All living things required

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Water

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Used to build and maintain an organism’s body.

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NUTRIENTS

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A mineral should be made by natural processes without the aid of any organism.

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NATURALLY OCCURRING

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A mineral should not come from the remains of organisms.

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INORGANIC

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A mineral must possess uniformity in its chemical composition

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HAS A DEFINITE COMPOSITION

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A mineral should occur in the solid state.

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HOMOGENOUS SOLID

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A crystalline material has elemental components arranged in an ordered fashion.

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HAS AN ORDERED INTERNAL/ CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE

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HAS AN ORDERED INTERNAL/ CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE

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PLUTONIC ROCKS

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have mineral grains difficult to be identified with the naked eye.

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VOLCANIC ROCKS

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Series of sedimentary processes are the following: weathering, erosion, transport, deposition and diagenesis

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rocks from sediments

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The processes of transforming rocks took place in the solid state. Hence, no melting nor breaking down happens during metamorphism.

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transformed rocks

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the breaking down of rocks physically or chemically.

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Weathering

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the process of eating away rocks from their source.

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Erosion

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the movement of the sediments from one place to another.

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Transport

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the settling of the sediments in an area before they are finally lithified to form sedimentary rocks

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Deposition

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the group of processes responsible for the transformation of sediment into sedimentary rocks

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Diagenesis

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is the downslope process of transporting bodies from a higher elevation to a lower one

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MASS WASTING

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are responsible for most of the changes we see on the surface of the earth

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EXOGENIC PROCESSES

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occurs at rates with changes instantaneously visible to a viewer.

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RAPID MASS WASTING

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is the activity of expulsion of lava and other related materials

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VOLCANISM

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are processes that operate inside Earth

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Endogenic Processes

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When two units collide, the highest compressive stress is experienced by the ones closest to the contacts.

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COMPRESSION

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A unit experiencing tension is similar to a rope being pulled from both sides.

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TENSION

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Rocks undergoing shear stress slide past each other along the plane of contact.

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SHEAR

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are evidence of ductile deformation of rocks

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FOLDS

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are brittle deformation features in rocks that show evidence of movement

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FAULTS

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COMPRESS

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Convergent

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DIVERGE

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Divergent

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SLIDING PAST EACHOTHER``