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Decks in this class (19)

Unit 1 (Orbit and tides)
Describe earths rotation,
Describe earth s revolution,
Describe earth s orbit
27  cards
Solar system
Planets,
Dwarf planets,
Asteroid belt
15  cards
Minerals Unit 2
Rounded hollow rock that is often...,
Crystallization,
What two ways can minerals form
9  cards
Classifying Rocks
20 minerals that make up most of ...,
Provides clues to the rocks miner...,
Light colored rocks having silica...
10  cards
Rock cycle
What causes sediment to turn into...,
_____ and ____ causes sedimentary...,
What causes a metamorphic igneous...
6  cards
Rock Groups
May form on or beneath earths sur...,
Igneous rocks formed from lava th...,
Rock that formed when magma harde...
12  cards
Earth's Interior (unit 3
Layer of solid rock that forms ea...,
Continental crust or the crust th...,
Layer of solid hot rock 40 kilome...
14  cards
Continental drift and sea-floor spreading
He hypothesized that at one time ...,
Seafloor spreads apart along both...,
Material which looked like pillow...
10  cards
The theory of plate tectonics (unit 3
He was a canadian scientist that ...,
Plates float on top of the ______,
Plates float on top of the asthen...
10  cards
Convection and the mantle (3)
The transfer of energy through em...,
The transfer of heat energy by di...,
Transfer of heat by the movement ...
4  cards
forces that shape earth (unit 4)
Force that act on rock to change ...,
What are the three kinds of stres...,
A change in the shape of a rock c...
15  cards
Earthquakes (unit 4)
Vibrations in the ground that res...,
What are three types of faults,
Form when forces pull rocks apart...
13  cards
Volcanoes (4)
A weak spot in the earths crust w...,
Major volcanic belt formed by the...,
Area where material from deep wit...
17  cards
Fossils
Preserved remains or traces of on...,
Types of fossils,
Takes the same shape of the plant...
13  cards
determining ages of rocks
Age of rock compared with the age...,
Number of years since the rock fo...,
In horizontal sedimentary rock la...
12  cards
Eras of earth's history
Animals that have hair and produc...,
Evolved from lungfish,
An animal with a backbone
21  cards
Earth's atmosphere
The layer of gases surrounding ea...,
Water in its gaseous form,
Forms when lightning interacts wi...
19  cards
Atmosphere: Energy transfer
Transfer of energy by electromagn...,
99 of radiant energy from the sun...,
Majority of sunlight in the form ...
15  cards
Winds and water (chapter 6)
Movement of air from areas of hig...,
Blow over short distance created ...,
Blow steadily over long distancec...
13  cards

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