Quick Facts Flashcards by Heidi Swartzentruber

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nebula

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star begins

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mica

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flat layers

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sinkhole

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cave collapse

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crater

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meteorite impact

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graphite

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pencils

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pyrite

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fool’s gold

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talc

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baby powder

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CFCs

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destroy ozone

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intrusive

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granite, cool slowly, large crystals

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extrusive

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pumice, obsidian, cool quickly

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chemical sedimentary

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limestone

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foliated

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metamorphic with layers

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igneous

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volcano

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sedimentary

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sediments compact

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metamorphic

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heat and pressure

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red shift

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universe expanding

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alluvial fan

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deposition on land

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delta

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deposition in water

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humus

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organic in soil

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weathering

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break down

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erosion

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movement

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deposition

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drop off

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oxidation

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rust

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karst topography

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caves, limestone, sinkholes

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convection

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reason for plate tectonics, energy transfer

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subduction

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one plate under another

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trench

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form at convergent boundary

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rock layers

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oldest on bottom

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James River

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largest river in Chesapeake Bay watershed

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coal burning

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pollution, adds carbon dioxide to air

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carbon dioxide

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greenhouse gas, traps heat

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permeable

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let water through

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moon

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causes tides

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fossils

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once living, often buried in sediment

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spring tide

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during full or new moon

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clastic

A

rock made of pieces (sediments)

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asteroid belt

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between Mars and Jupiter

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soil

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organic matter and weathered rock

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crushed stone

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used for construction

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streak

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color of powder

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Big Bang

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universe beginning

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tilt

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causes seasons

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low pressure system

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storm

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hurricane

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storm over warm water

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equator

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warmest temperatures

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cyanobacteria

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creates oxygen

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glaciers

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ice