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1
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It is the outermost layer of Earth.

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Crust

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Involves the breaking down of rocks and minerals found on the surface of the earth.

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Weathering

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Soil, rock, and other surface materials are worn away and transported by natural forces.

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Erosion

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The ductile part of Earth that is approx. 100 km to 700 km. deep from the crust.

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Asthenosphere

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5
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Boundary between the lower crust and the upper mantle.

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Mohorovicic Discontinuity

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6
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Underneath the crust.

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Mantle

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7
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Boundary between the lower mantle and the outer core.

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Guttenberg Discontinuity

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8
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Central part of Earth that has two layers.

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Core

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9
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What are the two layers of the Core?

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Outer Core and Inner Core

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10
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Only liquid layer of Earth.

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Outer Core

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11
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Who discovered the inner layer?

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Inge Lehmann

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12
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Boundary between the outer core and the inner core.

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Lehmann Discontinuity

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13
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Described as any sudden shaking of the ground that often occurs along geologic faults.

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Earthquake

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14
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Where the earthquake begins.

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Focus or Hypocenter

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15
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Point directly above the focus.

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Epicenter

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16
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Fracture found between two blocks of rock on Earth’s crust.

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Fault

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17
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What are the 3 types of Fault?

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Normal, Reverse, Strike-Slip

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18
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The hanging wall moves down.

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Normal Fault

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19
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Hanging wall moves up.

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Reverse Fault

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20
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Motion of the blocks is horizontal or sideways,

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Strike-slip

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21
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Those that move one or more times in the last 10 000 years.

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Active faults

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22
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Those that did not move or have been inactive for millions of years.

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Inactive faults

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23
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Estimate of the relative size or strength of an earthquake.

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Magnitude

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24
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Developed by Charles Richter that was used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake.

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Richter Scale

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25
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Describes the severity of an earthquake.

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Intensity

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26
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What is PEIS?

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PHIVOLCS Earthquake Intensity Scale

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27
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What is PHIVOLCS?

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Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology

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28
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Travels through the surface of Earth.

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Surface Waves

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29
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Penetrate through the layers of earth.

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Body Waves

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30
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Two types of body waves.

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P-waves and S-waves

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31
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What is faster; P waves or S waves?

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P waves

32
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When sea waves generated through underwater earthquakes reach heights greater than five meters.

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Tsunami

33
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3 parts of the Typhoon.

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Eye, Eye Wall, Rainbands

34
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It is the very center of the typhoon.

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Eye

35
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Part of the typhoon that is composed of tall rings of thunderstorms that produce heavy rains and strong winds.

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Eye Wall

36
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Clouds that move away from the eye wall spirally.

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Rainbands

37
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What are the 5 classifications of Tropical Cyclone?

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Tropical Depression, Tropical Storm, Severe Tropical Storm, Typhoon, Super Typhoon

38
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The boundary nearest to the Philippine Islands.

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Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR)

39
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What does TCAD and TCID mean?

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Tropical Cyclone Advisory Domain, Tropical Cyclone Information Domain

40
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What does PAGASA mean?

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Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration

41
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Generally rocky and irregularly shaped celestial objects that are formed for over 4.6 billion years ago.

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Asteroids

42
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What are the classifications of asteroids?

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C-type, S-type, and M-type

43
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It is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

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Main Belt

44
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Asteroids that pass near the earth.

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Near-Earth Asteroids

45
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Asteroids located near Jupiter Lagrange.

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Trojans

46
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Also known as dirty snowballs, are made up of frozen gases, rock, and dust that orbit the sun.

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Comets

47
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What are the parts of Comet?

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nucleus, coma, tail

48
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Solid and known as the central part of the comet.

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Nucleus

49
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What word does originate from?

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kometes meaning “long-haired star.’

50
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Found at the outermost part of the solar system.

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Oort Cloud

51
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He was named after the Oort Cloud.

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Jan Oort

52
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Area where most comets are found.

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Kuiper Belt

53
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Debris that are usually rocky and metallic in nature that orbit the solar system.

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Meteoroids

54
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When a meteoroid enters Earth’s atmosphere and burns up creating a streak of light, it becomes a ___________.

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Meteor

55
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However, some meteoroids are large enough that they could still reach the surface of Earth. When they do, they are called __________.

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Meteorites

56
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Pure substance that is made up of only one kind of atom.

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Element

57
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Combination of two or more elements.

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Compound

58
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Observable characteristic that describes an object or a substance.

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Property

59
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May be observed or measured without changing the chemical composition of a substance.

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Physical Properties

60
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Depend on the amount of matter.

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Extensive Properties

61
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Observable changes in the appearance or physical property property of matter while it does not change into a new substance.

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Physical Changes

62
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Involves chemical reactions that result in the formation of new substances or products.

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Chemical Change

63
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Ability of a substance to undergo chemical changes to become a different kind of matter,

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Chemical Property

64
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What are the 5 types of matter?

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Solid, Liquid, gas, Plasma, Bose-Einstein Condensate

65
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Phase of matter that has a definite volume and a distinct shape given a certain temperature.

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Solid

66
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Phase of matter that has a definite volume, but it takes the shape of its container due to gravity.

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Liquid

67
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Dependent on its temperature and surrounding pressure.

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Gas

68
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When gas particles gain energy through heating at very high temperature or when they absorb electrical energy, another phase of matter is formed known as _______.

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Plasma

69
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Considered to be the exact opposite of plasma. It exists at extremely low temperatures or near absolute zero temperature.

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Bose-Einstein Condensate

70
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Type of reversible physical change that makes the phase of matter change due to the absorption or the release of heat.

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Phase Change

71
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Process by which a substance in the solid phase turns into the liquid phase.

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Melting

72
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A substance in liquid phase may turn into solid by _________ it.

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Freezing

73
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Process by which a liquid turns into gas.

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Vaporization

74
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Process by which a gas turns into liquid.

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Condensation

75
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Process by which a solid turns directly into a gas.

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Sublimation

76
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Occurs when a gas turns directly into a solid.

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Deposition

77
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Graphical representation that shows the different changes in the phase of a substance and the conditions of temperature and pressure in wherein each phase would remain as solid, liquid, or gas.

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Phase diagram

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