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1
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lithosphere

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rigid

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contintal

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felsic

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3
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oceanic

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mafic

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minerals

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naturally occuring inorganic solid with definite cheical composition and crystaline structure

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5
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rocks

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aggreates of minearls

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divergent plate boundaries

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new sea floor

mid atlatic ridge

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7
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convergent

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continental vs continental=mountains
continental vs oceanic=trench and volcano
oceanic vs oceanic=trech and volcano

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8
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transform

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slide past eachother

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9
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isostacy

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glaciers or land masses causing depression in crust.

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10
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effects of plate techtonics today

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ring of fire - volcanoes 95% at plate boundaries
earthquakes
oceanic crust
mountains
isostacy
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11
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types of volcaoes

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cinder cone
shield
composit
flood basalts
caldera
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12
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hot spots

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parts where mantle seeps through to crust

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13
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orogenesis

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mountain building

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14
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basin and range

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normal faults

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15
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earthquakes

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quick release of stored potential energy into motion

richter scale=log scale

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16
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physical weathering

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unloading
thermal explansion
frost cracking
root intrusion
wetting and dyring
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17
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chemical weathering

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osidation
dissolution=karst topography
hydrolisis=dissocles ions or new minerals form
increase in temp adn percipitation increases chemical weathering

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18
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controls of chemical weathering

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chemical reactions-easily remove ions
increase temp + percipitation= increase in chemical weathering
rock type
surface area

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19
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weathering

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creates new landscapes

20
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understanding weathering rates

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can help us in the future in agriculture and being sustainable

21
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classifying mass movements

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speed and water content

22
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four types of mass movements

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falls
slides
flows
soil creep

23
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controls and triggers

A 
increase in water content
earthquakes
weathering
land use changes
wild fire
24
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forces controling transport downslope

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driving forces-mass material, slope angle

resisting forces- strength of material

25
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anatomy of river

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floodplain
streambank
streambed
stage:height of flow

26
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types of rivers

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bedrock
alluvial
-multiple channel-braided
-single channel-straing-meandering

27
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ways to get to streams

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direct percipitation
surface runoff
infiltration
interflow
percolaion
baseflow
28
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streamflow measured

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Q=area x flow velocity

Q=streamflow

29
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sediment transport

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saltation- hoping
traction-sliding
suspended load- above bed sand or clay

30
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discharge sediment size and river slope

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as discharge, velocity, depth increase the aility to transport sediment increases

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lanes balance

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degredation=erodes rivers

aggradation=sediment deposites

32
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fluvial landforms

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terraces
alluvial fans-terrestrial
deltas-aquatic
floodplains

33
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glaciers

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alpine galciers-mountains

continental glaciers-masses on large areas of land

34
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snow

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frozen percipitation collecting in a thin layer on the ground

35
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glaciers

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slow moving mass of ice fromed by accumulation adn compaction fo snow over many of years

36
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glacial erosion

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ice push
abrasion
plucking

37
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glacial deposition

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till

morains and terminal morains

38
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glacial landforms

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cirque
u shpaed valleys
hanging valleys
abrasions

39
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fire intensity

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energey released

40
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fire severity

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ecosystem response and social impacts

41
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aeolian

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arising form the action or wind

42
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aeolian landforms

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barchans
transverse
longitudinal
parabolic
star
43
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vegetation in Aeolian processes

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holds down sediments

44
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waves form

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atmospheric wind patters
velocity (wind speed)
wind persistence
fetch (distance fo wind persistence)

45
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tides

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sun and moon
lunar day= 2 high 2 low tides
when sun and moon line up its mega huge high tide

46
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erosional forms from waves

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sea stacks
terraces
beaches
sand spits
coastal dunes

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