EARTH SCIENCE

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the solid part and the largest portion of the earth

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Lithosphere

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the gaseous portion that envelops the earth

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ATMOSPHERE

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the liquid part. It covers about 71% of the earth’s surface

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Hydrosphere

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the region where living things are found.

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Biosphere

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formed from hardened magma and lava.

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Igneous Rocks

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form from deposited fragments or particles of other rocks that have
been weathered and eroded.

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Sedimentary Rocks

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rocks that have undergone changes due to heat and pressure

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Metamorphic rocks

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a term for all processes which combine to cause the disintegration and chemical alteration of rocks at or near earth surface.

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Weathering

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includes all the process of loosening, removal, and transportation which tend to wear away the earth’s surface.

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Erosion

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the conversion of unconsolidated sediment into solid rock.

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Lithification

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the study of the earth’s atmosphere, weather and climate

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Meteorology

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general conditions of temperature and precipitation in a large area over a long period of time.

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Climate

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the daily condition of the earth’s atmosphere

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Weather

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The uneven temperature and pressure in the atmosphere result in the movement of air
called

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Wind

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examples of winds that result from the differences in the absorption and reflection of thermal energy by different materials of Earth.

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Monsoons

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– layer where life exists
- where different weather conditions prevail
- has lowest temperature

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Troposphere

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contains ozone that serves as a protective shield against UV rays.
- where jetstream is found

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Stratosphere

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layer where meteoroids that enter the earth’s atmosphere are burned.

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Mesosphere

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contains ions that are used for radio communications

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Ionosphere

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orbit space for artificial satellites.

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Exosphere

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The concept of rock cycle is attribute by a Scottish farmer and naturalist, who is also considered as “father of geology

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James Hutton

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about 78%
- in air reacts with chemicals to produce nitrates, which are used by living
things for the manufacture of proteins
- is returned to the atmosphere by the process of decay

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Nitrogen

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– 21%
-used for respiration
-for combustion processes

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Oxygen

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It is the method of measuring the absolute age of an event or object

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Absolute dating

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When a beam of white rays is dispersed by a prism which color will be refracted to a larger extent?

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Violet

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In what process do cells obtain energy from sugar molecules?

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Respiration

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Nature has its own way of assuming only the most adapted organisms will live, this concept is known as ?

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Natural Selection

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Photosynthesis can be summarized by which word equation

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Carbon dioxide + water —> glucose + oxygen

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What are the base-pairing rules for DNA?

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A-T, (adenine, thymine) G-C (guanine, cytosine)

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Base-pairing of RNA

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A-U (adenine, uracil) G-C (guanine, cytosine)

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is a naturally occurring inorganic solid that possesses a definite chemical structure

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Mineral

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is an aggregate or combination of one or more minerals

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Rock

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is made up of tiny bits of rocks and organic materials from plants and animals

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Soil

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The older crust tends to be _____ , therefore is denser than the younger crust.

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Cooler

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Inner core is made up of what?

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mostly iron

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Outer core is mostly ______

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liquid iron and nickel

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Primary (P) waves can travel through?

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liquid, solids and gases

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Secondary (S) waves can travel through?

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only solids

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Instrument that records earthquake waves

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Seismograph

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one of the many bubbles that grew as part of a multiverse

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Multiverse

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BIGBANG Theory is composed by ?

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Georges Lemaitre

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Universe as an "atomic universe"

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Leucippus and Democritus

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BIGBANG Theory is not an explosion but rather an ?

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Expansion

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Rogue star passes close to the sun

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Encounter Hypothesis

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the process which involves movements of the earth’s crust such that a portion id pushed up, push down or forced sideways

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Diastrophism

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the process by which rock fragments and other materials that accumulated, usually at the bottom of a thick column of water, get cemented together and harden into rock

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Compacting

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Age of universe

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13.7 /13.8 billion years

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Shape of Earth

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Oblate Spheroid

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Second largest planet

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Saturn

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Neptune has how many moons?

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13 moons

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Uranus has ___ moons?

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27 moons

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Saturn has how many moons?

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31 moons

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Jupiter has how many moons?

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63 moons

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Level of Classification

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Kingdom > Phylum > Class > Order > Family > Genus > Species

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The largest moon of Neptune

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Triton