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1
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what is the wind measured with?

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the wind is measured with an anemometer.

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2
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what is atmosphere

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it is the layer of gas that develops a planet

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what is the atmosphere measured with

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measured with a barometer measured in millibars

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what are the 3 layers of the earth

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crust, core and mantle

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5
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what is sunshine

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is the sunlight or direct ray.

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what instrument is use to measure precipitation

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precipitation is measured with a rain gauge.

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how is rain form

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it is formed when the sun creates a solar radiation which heats up the land where the warm land heats the air. the air then cools and condenses

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what are the 3 types of rain fall

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relief, convectional, frontal

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9
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what is used to measured clouds

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clouds are measured with celiometer

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what is the difference between weather and climate

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The weather is the temporary day to day change in the atmosphere while climate is the average weather condition that usually changes over 30 years.

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what is precipitation?

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precipitation is any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere to fall back on the earth.

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12
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what is humidity

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humidity is the amount of water in the air

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13
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what is temperature

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temperature is the measure of how hot or cold something is.

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14
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what is temperature measured with

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temperature is measured with a thermometer

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15
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elements of weather

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wind, (precipitation: rain, snow, hail, sleet.), air pressure, clouds,sunshine

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16
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what is humidity measured with

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its is measured with a hygrometer

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17
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how are clouds formed?

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clouds are formed when invisable water vapour in the air turns into visable water droplets of ice crystals.

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18
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examples of air pressure

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sinlcing air, cool air, blue sky

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19
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what is wind

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wind is the movement of air caused by the uneven heating of the earth’s own rotation and sun.

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characteristics of the crust

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It’s the thinnest layer, the outer layer is called the atmosphere, between 20km-70km

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what are cumulonmibus clouds

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they are the clouds with lighting, thunder, and thunder storms

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22
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what is plate tectonic

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plate tectonic is the study of tectonic plates the various movements and features form as movement

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23
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what happens a divergent plate

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at a divergent plate boundry crustal plate are moving away from each other. which creates a small place where magma cools and rises

24
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what does divergent plate boundary form

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divergent plate boundary forms a new crust.
when magma forms it can causes earth quakes and volcanoes

25
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what happen at a collision zone

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at a collision zone 2 contiental plate a colliding, they dont sink so the rocks are folded upwards to form fold mountain

26
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examples of collision zone

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aegean and turkish, arabian and irain plate

27
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what are the differences between continental and oceanic crust

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continental carries contients while oceanic carries ocean, continental is less denser, oceanic is denser

28
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what happens at a convergent plate boundary

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at a convergent plate boundary oceanic and continantal plates are colliding. The oceanic plate is more denser so it sinks into the mantle which breaks and melts creating a subduction zone.

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what happen at a subduction zone

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at a subduction zone deep sea trenches, volient earthquakes occur. (vocanoes)

30
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what plate boundary has, vocanoes, earth quakes and fold mountains

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convergent plate boundary

31
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what happens when contiental crust override the oceanic crust

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It forms fold mountains

32
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Examples of fold mountains

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ande and himalaya mount range

33
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what happens at a transform plate boundary

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plates are sliding past each other in the same direction or in oppisite.
NO crust is formed or destroyed.

34
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examples of transform plate boundary

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north american & caribbean plate, north and south plate boundary.

35
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what is absolute location

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its the exact or accurate location of a place.

36
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what does absolute location uses

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used longitude and latitude

37
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what is relative location

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It gives location relative to another

38
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an example of relative location

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the building is north of the pond

39
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what types of rainfall occurs in the caribbean

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covectional rainfall

40
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what is humidity measured in

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in percentage

41
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what is the difference between small & large temperature range

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small temperature ranges do not change a lot while large temperature range change a lot.

42
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what is diurnal temperature range

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difference between temperature in a day

43
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what is latitude

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the distance north or south the equator

44
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what is longitude

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the distance of a place east or west of the meridian

45
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what is weathering

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the wearing away of rocks caused/\ by the weather in the atmosphere

46
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what is soil creep

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slow down slope movement of debris on top of slopes 2 to 5 degrees under the influenze of gravity

47
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what is land slides

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a sudden/ rapid down slope movement of large volume of soil and rocks

48
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what are things that cause soil creeps

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the alternate of wetting and drying of the soil, the alternate of freezing and throwing of the soil

49
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physical causes of landslides

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heavy rain as water acts as a lubricant, volcanoes, cause vibration which can cause soil and rock to move

50
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the weathering processes

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chemical

51
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what is mass movement

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It’s the down slope movement of debris (rocks, soil) under the influence of gravity.

52
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what is erosion

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the process in which materials are worn away and transported by wind or water

53
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what is denudaction

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the wearing land caused by weathering and erosion, Includes rain, wind temperature range

54
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what is another word for mass movement

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mass wasting

55
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The effects of soil creep

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electricity pole, fence broken, terracettes

56
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the difference between weathering and erosion

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in weathering no movement is involved in situ while with erosion movement occures the agents move the rocks

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