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Chapter 1: Intro to Earth
Geology,
Oceanography,
Meteorology
25
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Chapter 2: Matter and Minerals
Minerals are what to rocks,
95 of rocks make up how many mine...,
What is the difference between co...
20
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Chapter 3: Rocks
Kansas contains what type of rocks,
What is a rock,
What are rocks classified mode of...
47
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Chapter 9: Volcanoes and Igneous Activity
Factors that determine the violen...,
Viscosity,
The factors affecting the viscosi...
28
cards
Chapter 8: Earthquakes and Earth's Interior
What is an earthquake,
When a fault slips energy is rele...,
What is a a focus of a seismic wave
43
cards
Lab Exam 1
Sedimentary rocks,
Igneous rocks,
Metamorphic rocks
26
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Chapter 7: Plate Tectonics: A Science Revolution Unfolds
Continental drift,
German meteorologistpublished ori...,
Continental drift hypothesis
29
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Chapter 10: Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building
What is crustal deformation and w...,
Factors that influence rock strength,
A crustal deformation can be what
22
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Chapter 11: Geologic Time
Who led the expedition in 1869 th...,
A scottish physician who is known...,
What is relative dating
10
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Chapter 12: Earth's Evolution
The precambrian history is broken...,
Precambrian history,
Hadean archean and proterozoic cr...
29
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Chapter 4: Weathering, Erosion, & Mass Wasting
What is mass wasting,
What is the definition to weathering,
What is erosion
35
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Chapter 5: Running Water and Ground Water
The process of the hydrologic cycle,
What is a drainage basin,
The beginning of water being adde...
41
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Lab Exam 2
Two types of seismic waves that a...,
How can you figure out the distan...,
How can you find the epicenter of...
11
cards
Chapter 6: Glaciers and Deserts
A think mass of ice that forms ov...,
What two cycles are glaciers a pa...,
Three types of glaciers
17
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Chapter 13: The Ocean Floor
How much of the earths surface is...,
How much of the earth is covered ...,
What are the nicknames for the no...
34
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Chapter 14: Ocean Water and Ocean Life
The average seawater of saline an...,
Sources of sea salts,
The process that decreases salini...
16
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Chapter 15: The Dynamic Ocean
Two types of surface circulation,
The coastal zone order,
What is the definition of a wave
38
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Chapter 16: The Atmosphere: Composition, Structure, & Temperate
Weather what is it,
Climate what is it,
Regularly measured properties of ...
28
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Chapter 17: Moisture, Clouds, and Precipitation
The three states of matter in water,
When water changes states what ha...,
How is heat energy measured
34
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Chapter 18: Air Pressure and Wind
Atmospheric pressure is what,
Pressure decreases with what,
What is the millibar standard sea...
30
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Chapter 19: Weather Patterns and Severe Storms
What are the characteristics of a...,
What is a cold canadian air mass,
What is the area where an air mas...
44
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Lab Exam 4
The four eras of geological time ...,
What is a contour line,
What is a contour interval
22
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Chapter 21: Origins of Modern Astronomy
Comets were believed to be what,
Ancient greeks in early history o...,
What is earth centered view
17
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Chapter 22: Touring Our Solar System
What is included in the solar system,
Two groups of the planet that occ...,
Terrestrial planets are what
30
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