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1
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Places rocks somewhere else as sediments

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Deposition

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The rapid movement of a large mass of any type of earth material down a steep hill

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Landslide

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3
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Picks up and moves particles of rocks after weathering occurs

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Erosion

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4
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A process that makes rocks separate into thin layers or slabs

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Exfoliation

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When water is trapped in cracks and pores of rocks making it freeze and expand creating fragments of rock

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Frost wedging

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6
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When rocks and soil are moved by gravity alone

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Mass wasting

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7
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Mass wasting that slips just a short distance

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Slump

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8
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What is formed when water chemically combines with carbon dioxide

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Carbonic acid

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9
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Agent always involved in mass wasting

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Gravity

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10
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Typical order of occurrence

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Weathering erosion deposition

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11
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Condition favorable for chemical weathering

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Moist climate

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12
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Mass wasting that slips just a short distance

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Slump

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13
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Large mass of ice that moves under the influence of gravity

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Glacier

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14
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The formation of a delta is related to

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Deposition

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15
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Deflation is to desert pavements as… Is to ventifacts

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Abrasion

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16
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Affects chemical weathering

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The mineral itself warmth and moisture topography and vegetation

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17
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The slow movement of land surface barely visible downhill motion

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Creep

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18
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Which type of weathering breaks down rocks into smaller pieces by physical process

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Mechanical weathering

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19
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Biological weathering is a combination of

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Chemical and mechanical

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20
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What is the process of forming desert pavements by wind erosion

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Deflation

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21
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Loess deposits are thought to have been formed by the action of

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Wind

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22
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When two or more glaciers merge and spread out onto a plain at the base of a mountain range it is called a

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Piedmont glacier

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23
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Plucking is a type of erosion caused by

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Glaciers

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24
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All glacier drifts hat drop directly from the ice as glacier melts and retreats is known as

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Till

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25
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What is a pile of till that the glaciers terminus pushed to the furthest distance

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Terminal moraine

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What do u call when two valley glaciers merge to form a ribbon of rubble in the center of the glacier flow

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Medial moraine

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27
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This is the most fertile part of the soil

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A horizon

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28
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What plays an important role in both mechanical And chemical weathering

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Water

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29
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What are deposits of sediments left by glaciers called

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Glacial drift

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30
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Two factors that influence the speed of chemical weathering

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Climate, temperature

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31
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Broad ice sheets that cover most of the continent and spread out in all directions s except high mountains are known as

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Continental glaciers

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32
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Forms where a stream enters a large body of water

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Delta

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33
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Wind sculpted rocks of unusual shapes

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Ventifacts

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34
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This climate has rapid changes in weather and have extreme summer and winter temperatures

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Continental

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35
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This includes areas such as Mediterranean, marine West Coast, and Humid subtropical climates

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Mild

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36
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The coldest regions on earth and their warmest temperatures are only about 50 F

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Polar

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37
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These areas the largest climate zone get very little precipitation and have dry air

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Dry

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38
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These have constant warm temperatures with lots of rain

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Tropical

39
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What is the difference between weather and climate

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Climate is long term and weather is in the now

40
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What is one of Theron purposes of our atmosphere

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To keep radiation from the sun away from earth

41
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The layers of the earths atmosphere from close to far

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Troposphere, tropopause, stratosphere, stratopause, mesosphere, mesopause, thermosphere

42
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What layer contains the ozone layer

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Stratosphere

43
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The three major temp scales

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Kelvin, celsius, farenheight

44
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Instrument used to measure humidity

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Hygrometer

45
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Instrument used to measure temperature

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Thermometer

46
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Used to measure wind speed

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Anometer

47
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Used to measure air pressure

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Barometer

48
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The four main factors that influence the temperature at a particular place

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Latitude, land and water, ocean currents, elevation

49
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Is a high pressure system cloudy or clear

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Clear

50
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Is a low pressure system cloudy or clear

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Cloudy

51
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High pressure good or bad weather

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Good

52
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Low pressure good or bad weather

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Bad

53
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High pressure rising or sinking air

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Sinking

54
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Low pressure rising or sinking

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Rising

55
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High pressure clockwise or counter

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Clockwise

56
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Low pressure clockwise or counter

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Counter

57
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What happens when a solid turns into a gas

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Sublimation

58
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Happens when a liquid turns into a solid

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Freezing

59
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Happens when a gas turns into a liquid

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Condensation

60
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This makes up 80% of the ocean

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Deep zone

61
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Warmest and least salty of ocean layers

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Surface zone

62
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Has quickly changing temperature and salinity as you get deeper

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Pycnoclyne

63
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What layer is constantly being mixed my waves so it has a fairly constant temperature

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Surface zone

64
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What is the bottom of the ocean called

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Benthic

65
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The part of the ocean with no light

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Aphotic zone

66
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The amount of mass in a certain volume of substance

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Density

67
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The three main properties of the ocean

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Density, salinity, temperature

68
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What does he ocean help regulate

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Temperature

69
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The property of a substance that determines how much energy it takes to raise the temperature is called

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Specific heat, heat capacity

70
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This increases as you get deeper in the Pycnocline

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Density and salinity

71
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Most of the light is absorbed in this layer of the ocean

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Photic

72
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This zone has enough light to see but not enough to support photosynthetic organisms

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Dis photic

73
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This zone has enough light to support photosynthetic organisms

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Euphotic

74
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What has is needed by living things to build proteins and other biochemical

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Nitrogen

75
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Which gas is used in photosynthesis

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Carbon dioxide

76
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The measure of what is dissolved in water

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Salinity

77
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three of the most common components in sea water

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Calcium, potassium, sodium

78
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What is the range of the ph scale

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0-14

79
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What is neutral

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7

80
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What is less than seven

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Acidic

81
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What is higher than seven

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Basic

82
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Levels of classification

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Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

83
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A broad shallow river mouth where fresh and salt water mix

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Estuary

84
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Can be made of sand or small stones and pose a problem for small animals

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Beaches

85
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Has many unusual animals including brittle stars and tripod fish

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Deep sea

86
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Built by coral polyps mostly between the Tropics

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Coral reef

87
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The area between high and low tide on rocky beaches

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Rocky intertidal zone

88
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Supported by superheated water and chemicals

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Vent communities

89
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Mostly dark cold and empty with slow moving animals

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Deep sea

90
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Two main zones and their definition

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Surface zone- top layer of the ocean Pycnocline- middle layer increasing density and salinity

91
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Keepers first law

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Every planet orbits the sun with the sun one focal point and blank space the other

92
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Keplers second law

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The closer a planet is to the sun the faster it will orbit

93
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Keplers third law

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The time it takes for a planet to orbit relates to distance from the sun

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