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Science- rocks and the earth Flashcards

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What is weathering?

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The breaking of rocks into smaller pieces and their movement away from their original rock

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what is chemical weathering?

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Chemical weathering is when acid breaks up rock

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what is Biological weathering?

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Biological weathering that happens when plants and animals break up rock

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what is erosion?

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Erosion is the process where rocks are broken down by natural forces such as wind or water

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What is Freeze-thaw?

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occurs when water continually seeps into cracks, freezes and expands, eventually breaking the rock apart.

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what is a Pororus material?

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A porous material has small gaps that may contain substances in their liquid or gas states. Water can soak into a pororus material

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What is deposition

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The settling of sediments that have moved away from their original rock

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What is the Heliocentric model?

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The model where the sun is in the centre of the solar system

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What is the geocentric model?

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The model where the Earth is at the centre of the solar system

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What is a dwarf planet?

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A small lump of rock in orbit around the Sun

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What is a constellation

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A collection of stars that make a pattern in the Sky

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What is ceramics?

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Ceramic materials are compounds. They include metal silicates, metal oxides, metal carbides, and metal nitrides.

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What is a light year?

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The distance light travels in a year

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Compaction (sedimentary rock)

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weight of sediments above squeeze them into rocks

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Cementation (sedimentary rock)

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another substance sticks the sediment together

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Magma (Igneous rocks)

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Liquid rock underground- cools slowly and forms large crystal

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Lava (Igneous rock)

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Liquid rock above ground- cools quickly and forms small crystals

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Pressure (metamorphic)

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continuous physical force exerted on or against an object

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what is uplift?

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Any process that moves earth’s surface to a higher elevation

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What is a planet called that is outside of our solar system?

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Exoplanet!

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What is a light year?

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Light-year is the distance light travels in one year.

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