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Decks in this class (18)

Chapter 1 - Planet & Population
Environmental geology,
How old is the solar system,
How was the solar system formed
37  cards
Chater 10 - Climate: Past, Present & Future
What is known as the greenhouse e...,
What is known as permafrost,
What is known as thermohaline cir...
4  cards
Chapter 9 - Ice & Glaciers, Wind & Deserts
What is a glacier,
What are alpine glaciers,
What are continental glaciers
18  cards
Chapter 8 - Mass Movements
What is known as mass wasting mas...,
What is shearing stress,
What is shear strength
10  cards
Chapter 6 - Streams & Flooding
What is the hydrosphere,
What is a stream,
What is a drainage basin
32  cards
Chapter 7 - Costal Zones & Processes
What is an active margin,
What is a passive margin,
What is a beach
11  cards
Chapter 5 - Volcanoes
Where do the majority of magmas o...,
What is the composition of magma ...,
What is a mafic magma rock
23  cards
Chapter 3 - Plate Tectonics
What is tectonics,
What is plate tectonics,
What is the curie temperature
23  cards
Chapter 4 - Earthquakes
What are faults,
What is called creep,
What is the focus
25  cards
Chapter 2 - Rocks & Minerals
What is an atom,
What is the nucleus,
How are protons neutrons and elec...
47  cards
Chapter 11 - Groundwater & Water Resources
What is porosity,
What is permeability,
What is known as the saturated zo...
19  cards
Chapter 12 - Weathering, Erosion, and Soil Resources
What can be defined as soil,
What does the term soil usually i...,
What is known as mechanical weath...
25  cards
Chapter 13 - Mineral and Rock Resources
What are known as reserves,
What is known as cumulative reserves,
What is known as subeconomic reso...
16  cards
Chapter 14 - Energy Resources (Fossil Fuels)
What are fossil fuels,
What do all fossil fuels have in ...,
What does the term petroleum refe...
14  cards
Chapter 15 - Energy Resources (Alternative Sources)
What is nuclear power comprised of,
What does fission refer to,
What does fusion refer to
21  cards
Chapter 16 - Waste Disposal
What is the source of more than h...,
What kind of solid waste does the...,
What is a long established method...
20  cards
Chapter 17 - Water Pollution
What is the definition of pollutant,
What is known as resident time,
What is a steady state situation
20  cards
Chapter 18 - Air Pollution
What does the atmosphere consist of,
What are particulates,
What are the principle anthropoge...
9  cards

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