ELS (1st Grading) Flashcards

1
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developed the tidal theory

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Forrest R Moulton and Thomas C Chamberlin

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2
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1948: Bondi and Gould by Hoyle

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Steady state model

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3
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interpretation that galaxies are moving away from each other

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Redshift

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4
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Two different types of Crust

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Continental and Oceanic

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5
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subsystem that includes water or liquid

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Hydrosphere

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6
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Is the layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth’s surface.

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Troposphere

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7
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What theory predicted the expanding universe

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Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity

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8
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a nuclear fusion reaction responsible for the energy produced by star.

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Thermonuclear reaction

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9
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The Outer planets or “Gas Giants”

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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

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10
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“ordinary matter” consisting of protons electrons and neurons that compromises atoms, planets, stars, galaxies, nd other bodies.

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Baryonic matter

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11
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includes the rocks of the crust and mantle, the metallic liquid outer core, and the solid metallic inner core.

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Lithosphere

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12
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Most planets rotate ______?

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Prograde

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13
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Origin of the universe: Monotheistic Religions

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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

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14
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Absorbs some of the incoming solar radiation, shielding life on Earth from potentially harmful ultraviolet (UV) light.

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Ozone Layer

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15
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closest known black hole to Earth

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The Unicorn

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16
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Is an elastic shock wave that travels outward in all directions from an earthquake source.

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Seismic Wave

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17
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Who popularized the term ‘biosphere”?

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Vladimir Vernadsky

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18
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considered the universe as one interacting entity.

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Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Von Humboldt

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19
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layer of weak, ductile rock in the mantle.

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Asthenosphere

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20
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a source of anti-gravity; a force that counteracts and causes the universe to expand.

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Dark energy

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21
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What does the universe compromise?

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space and time, matter and energy.

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22
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landed on the Red Planet last February 18, 2021.

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Perseverance

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23
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70% of the earth is covered with liquid ______?

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Water

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24
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Is a Croatian seismologist

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Andrija Mohorovicic

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25
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Origin of the universe: Kuba People of Central Africa, creator god

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Mbombo

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26
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Two ideas of Big Bang Theory

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General Relativity
Cosmological Principle

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27
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Who proved that the outer core is liquid and the inner core is solid?

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Inge Lehmann

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28
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Percentages of Water in Earth

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95% Salt
3%Fresh
2/3% ice
1% lakes

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29
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The building block of galaxies and are born out of clouds of gas and dust in galaxies.

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Stars

30
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Is one of the modern hypothesis of the origin of earth and the solar system.

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Tidal Theory

31
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What is the new moon around jupiter called?

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EJc0061

32
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Includes rocks and minerals of the Earth

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Geosphere

33
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like furnaces where elements are synthesized or combined/fused together.

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Stellar interiors

34
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explains the peculiarities of the orbit of Mercury and the bending of light by the Sun and has passed rigorous tests.

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General Relativity

35
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cluster of billions of stars

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galaxy

36
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How old is the universe

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13.8 billion years old

37
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maintains that new matter is created as the universe expands thereby maintaining its density.

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Steady state model

38
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matter that has gravity but does not emit light

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Dark matter

39
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an early stage in the formation of a star resulting from the gravitational collapse of gases

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Protostar

40
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The distance light can travel in a year; a unit of length used to measure astronomical distance

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Light years

41
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Percentage of water that is fresh

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3%

42
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The Inner terrestrial planets

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

43
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Big Bang Nucleosynthesis

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protons, neutrons, and atomic nuclei
hydrogen, helium, and lithium

44
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Layers of atmosphere

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Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere

45
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The galaxy where our solar system is in.

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Milky Way

46
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The current hypothesis

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Protoplanet Hypothesis

47
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Is an elastic shock wave that travels outward in all directions from an earthquake source.

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Seismic Wave

48
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boundary separating the crust and mantle

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Moho

49
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thin, outermost layer of the Earth

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Crust

50
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Origin of the universe: India

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Purusha

51
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rigid outer layer of the layer which is made up of the brittle crust and upper mantle.

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Lithosphere

52
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Who discovered the redshift?

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Edwin Hubble

53
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According to the _______, the biosphere is a self-regulating system that is capable of controlling its physical and chemical environment.

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Gaia Hypothesis

54
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developed the planetisimal theory.

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James Jean and Harrold Jeffreys

55
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is the thin gaseous layer that envelopes the lithosphere.

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Atmosphere

56
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stars that fuse hydrogen atoms to form helium atoms in their cores; outward pressure resulting from nuclear fusion is balanced by gravitational forces.

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Main Sequence Stars

57
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clusters of galaxies

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superclusters

58
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largest known comet to date

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Bernardinelli-Bernstein

59
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theory which proposes that the earth’s crust and upper mantle to be composed of several large, thin, and relatively rigid plates that move relative to one another.

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Plate Tectonics

60
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Heat is absorbed and redistributed on the surface of the Earth.

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Ocean circulation

61
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Middle layer between the crust and core

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Mantle

62
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Percentages of the universe.

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4.6% baryonic matter
24% cold dark matter
71.4% dark energy

63
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Is everything. It includes all of space, and all the matter and energy that space contains. It even includes time itself and, of course, it includes you.

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Universe

64
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They created the Gaia Hypothesis

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James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis

65
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Innermost layer of the Earth

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Core

66
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assumes that the universe is homogenous and isotropic when averaged over large scales.

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Cosmological Principle

67
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developed the nebular hypothesis

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Pierre-Simon Laplace and Immanuel Kant

68
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Is the coldest layer of the atmosphere.

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Mesosphere

69
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The three most abundant elements

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Hydrogen
Helium
Lithium

70
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Is the set of all life forms on Earth.

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Biosphere

71
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Origin of the universe: Non-scientific thought

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Ancient Egyptians

72
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Who proved the existence of the Earth’s core?

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Beno Gutenberg