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SCIENCE - WEEK 1 Flashcards

1
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3rd planet from the sun

A

Earth

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2
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radius of Earth

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3959 miles / 6,371 km

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3
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5th largest planet in the Solar System

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Earth

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4
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only planet known to have liquidwater on its surface

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Earth

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5
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not named after a Roman deity, instead named “earth” which is Germanic for:

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ground

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6
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time it takes the Earth to revolve around the sun

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365.25 days

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7
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Earth’s distance from the Sun

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93 million miles

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8
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time it takes the Earth to rotate in it’s axis

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23.9 hours

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9
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  • composed of the crust and the upper mantle
  • rigid and breaks under stress
  • broken into large and small tectonic plates
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lithosphere

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10
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outermost layer of the Earth

A

crust

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11
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two types of crusts

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continental crust and oceanic crust

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12
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thickness of CONTINENTAL crust

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40-70 km

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13
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composition of CONTINENTAL crust

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granitic rock, aluminum silicates

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14
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thickness of OCEANIC crust

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7-10 km

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15
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composition of OCEANIC crust

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basaltic rocks, magnesium silicates

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16
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semisolid, rocky, and very hot layer below the crust, the thickest layer

A

mantle

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17
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thickness of the mantle

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2900 km

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18
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composition of the mantle

A

ferromagnesium silicates

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19
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temp. of upper mantle

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900 C

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20
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temp. of lower mantle

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1000 C - 3700 C

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21
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contains hot, molten rocks or magma

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asthenosphere

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22
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can deform & reshape as a result of the hot, molten mantle, which circulates as convection current.

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asthenosphere

23
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rising, cooling, and sinking of magma, generates earthquakes

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convection current

24
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only liquid layer of the Earth

A

outer core

25
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composition of the outer core

A

liquid nickel and iron

26
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temp of the outer core

A

3700 C - 4300 C

27
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thickness of outer core

28
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solid iron

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inner core

29
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temp of inner core

30
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thickness of inner core

31
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boundary between crust and upper mantle

A

Mohorovicic Discontinuity

32
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boundary between lower mantle and outer core

A

Gutenberg Discontinuity

33
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boundary between outer core and inner core

A

Lehmann Discontinuity

34
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waves inside earth

A

body waves

35
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waves that can pass through solid, liquid, and gas

A

primary waves

36
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cannot pass through liquid waves

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secondary waves

37
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comes from the Greek word “tekton” meaning builder

A

plate tectonics

38
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are massive, irregular slab of solid rocks that envelop the surface of the Earth.

A

plate tectonics

39
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explains the structure of Earth’s crust due to many phenomena

A

Plate Tectonic Theory

40
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author of the Plate Tectonic Theory

A

Abraham Ortelius

41
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author of the Continental Drift Theory

A

Alfred Wegener

42
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80% of earthquakes occur along the boundary of this plate

A

Pacific Plate

43
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country located above the Mid-Atlantic Range

44
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volcanic island but not located on plate boundary, instead uses hotspots

45
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destructive plate boundary

A

Convergent Plate Boundary

46
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the third basic type of landforms that rise high above the surrounding land, forms when two continental plates collide

47
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are formed when the crust is pushed up by forces from Earth’s interior

A

Upwarded Mountain

47
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with folded rock layers looking like a rag that has been pushed up

A

Folded Mountain

48
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are made of big blocks of rocks that are tilted and separated from surrounding rocks by faults

A

Fault-Block Mountain

49
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What are the 7 primary plates?

A

Eurasian Plate
African Plate
Australian Plate
Antarctic Plate
South American Plate
North American Plate
Pacific Plate

50
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What are the 8 secondary plates?

A

Indian Plate
Arabian Plate
Scotia Plate
Caribbean Plate
Cocos Plate
Nazca Plate
Juan de Fuca Plate
Philippine Plate

51
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What theory says that earth is linked to a grape that contracted into raisin due to a cooling process that occured after the bigbang, by Eduard Suess, and Australian geologist?

A

Raisin Theory or Contraction Theory

52
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author of “Theatrum Orbis Terrarum”

A

Abraham Ortelius

53
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author of “The Origins of Continents and Oceans”

A

Alfred Wegener

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