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Unit Two - Measuring Earth
What is the first layer of the earth,
What is the two types of crust on...,
What is the center of the earth
12
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Unit Three - Rock and Minerals - All About Minerals
What are minerals,
What are the five requirements in...,
Meaning of inorganic
10
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Unit Three - Rocks and Minerals - Igneous Rocks
What is an igneous rock,
A method to classify igneous rock...,
Two types of rocks
10
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Unit Three - Rocks and Minerals - Sedimentary Rocks
How is a sedimentary rock formed,
Texture,
What is clastic
11
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Unit Three - Rocks and Minerals - Metamorphic Rocks
What is contact metamorphism,
What are the two types of metamor...,
What is foaliation
12
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Unit Three - Rocks and Minerals - Rock Cycle
Rock cycle,
Driving forces,
What are the three driving forces
3
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Unit Four - Continental Drift
Who proposed continental drift,
What is the second piece of evide...,
What was the missing piece that a...
8
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Unit Four - Plate Boundaries
How does the mid ocean ridges and...,
What is the convergent plate boun...,
What is the transform plate boundary
12
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Unit Four - Earthquakes
What is an earthquake,
What is the focus,
What is the epicenter
17
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Unit Four - Types of Volcanoes
What are the three types of volca...,
What are composite strato volcano...,
How do composite strato volcanoes...
9
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Unit Five - Weathering and Erosion - Weathering
What is weathering,
What are sediments,
What are the three types of the w...
17
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Unit Five - Weathering and Erosion - Erosion
What is erosion,
What are agents of erosion,
What are the five examples of age...
5
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Unit Five - Weathering and Erosion - Water Cycle
Precipitation,
Transpiration,
Condensation
6
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Unit Five - Weathering and Erosion - Deposition
What is deposition,
The sediment determines how fast ...,
Def of sorted sediment
6
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Unit Five - Weathering and Erosion - Soil
What is soil made up of,
What is humus,
Defintion of biological activity
4
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Unit Five - Weathering and Erosion - Running Water
Running water is the most common ...,
Definition of stream,
Definition of tributary
13
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Unit Five - Weathering and Erosion - Glaciers
What is a glacier,
How does a glacier move,
What is a continental glacier
12
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Unit Five - Weathering and Erosion - Mass Movement
What is mass movement,
What are some examples of mass mo...,
What is gravity
5
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Unit Five - Weathering and Erosion - Wind
What is wind,
How does wind erode and deposit,
What is deflation
9
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Unit Five - Weathering and Erosion - Waves
What are waves,
What is the process of waves,
What are groins
6
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Unit Five - Weathering and Erosion - Landscapes
What are the three types of land ...,
What are the three characteristic...,
What are the three characteristic...
5
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Unit Six - Geologic Time - Relative Dating
What is uniformitarianism,
What is relative dating,
What is the principle of superpos...
12
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Unit Six - Geologic Time - Absolute Dating
What is absolute dating,
What is radioactive decay,
What are isotopes
5
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Unit Six - Geological Time - Early Evolution
What happened 46 billion years ago,
What happened 45 billion years ago,
What happened 44 billion years ago
10
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Unit Seven Atmosphere - Overview to Weather Variables
What is weather,
What is climate,
Precipitation
9
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Unit Seven Atmosphere - Air Pressure
What is the weight of air pushing...,
What is the amount of mass in a g...,
Why doesn t air pressure crush a ...
12
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Unit Seven Atmosphere - Wind Direction
Weather vane,
Anemometer,
Prevailing wind
5
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Unit Seven Atmosphere - Coriolis Effect
Definition of coriolis effect,
What occurs in the northern hemis...,
What occurs in the southern hemis...
6
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Unit Seven Atmosphere - Wind and Pressure Relationships
Which way does wind blow,
Which way does wind blow in high ...,
Which way does wind blow in low p...
5
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Unit Seven Atmosphere - Moisture in the Atmosphere
What are the factors that affect ...,
How does temperature affect evapo...,
How does surface area affect evap...
13
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Unit Seven Atmosphere - Air Fronts
What are the four types of fronts,
What is a front,
What is a cold front
12
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Unit Eight - Climate - Water
What is the water cycle,
Evaporation,
Condensation
24
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Unit Eight - Climate - Electromagnetic Waves, Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change
What is the greenhouse effect,
What causes the greenhouse effect,
What are the six types of greenho...
11
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Unit Eight - Climate - Seasons
What are the four reasons why sea...,
How does the tilted axis affect s...,
Info on spring
6
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Unit Eight - Climate - Climate Variables
What are the 8 variables that aff...,
What are the 8 variables that aff...,
How does latitiude affect temperatu
11
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Unit Eight - Climate - Rainfall Patterns
What is the windward side,
What is the windward side,
What is the conditions in the win...
5
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Unit Nine - Astronomy - Apparent Motion
What is the geometric universe,
What were problems and flaws abou...,
Definition of celestial object
17
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Unit Nine - Astronomy - Actual Motions
What is the heliocentric model,
Definition of rotation,
Definition of period of rotation
22
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Unit Nine - Astronomy - The Solar System
Definition,
Definition of terrestrial planets,
Definition of jovian planets
9
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Unit Nine - Astronomy - Moon
What is the definition of the sol...,
How long is the moon s elliptical...,
Definition of crescent moon
19
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Unit Nine - Astronomy - Galaxies & Stars
Definition of galaxies,
What are the three shapes that ga...,
Definition of
11
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Unit Nine - Astronomy - The Universe
Definition of universe,
Definition of the big bang,
Definition of electromagnetic energy
7
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Add - On (Based on Regent Questions)
Definition fo watershed,
How can you find out the time zon...,
How to save yourself from tsunami
34
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