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Earth Day
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the act of producing or sending out something. to conserve or protect. a mixture of soil and decayed material that provides nutrients for plants. all the living and nonliving things that interact with each other in an enviornment. a species dying out.
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More than 100 _________ in any medium, air, water, or soil can cause birth defects, gene mutation, and cancer.. ___ pollution can cause various respitory diseases.. Each year 1.2 trillion gallons of untreated sewage, storm water, and industrial waste are dumped into U.S. ______.. _____ is the worlds largest producer of carbon dioxide. The United States in number 2.. Americans buy more than 29 million _____ of water each year..
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Earth History
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Remains of species that existed on earth for a relatively short period of time; can be used by geologist to assign the ages of rock layers. A method of dating bones. If rocks are undisturbed, the older layers of rock are under the younger layers of rock. Remains, imprints, or traces of prehistoric organisms. Method useed to determine the absolute age of a rock by measuring the amounts of parent and daughter materials in a rock.
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The geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or land mass. The two sub-layers of the earth's crust. A fossil that is useful for dating and correlating the strata in which it is found. Hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this. Be broken by a fault or faults.
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Earth History
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The action of deposing someone.. The two sublayers of the earth’s crust (lithosphere) that move, float, and sometimes fracture and whose interaction causes continental drift, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and oceanic trenches.. A fossil that is useful for dating and correlating the strata in which it is found.. Hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure.. Be broken by a fault or faults..
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Earth Layers
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The transfer of heat to the surface of the earth from the inner core. A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other. A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other. composed mostly in Earth’s interior. center of the earth.
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Earth Movements
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place in Earth where the energy of an earthquake is first released. one of the seven large land masses on Earth. instrument for measuring the strength of an earthquake. crack in Earth's crust. changes the Earth's surface slowly.
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Earth Science
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large, bright feature extending outward from the Sun's surface. reaction in which atomic nuclei of low atomic number fuse to form a heavier nucleus with the release of energy.. it makes up about 99% of the body's atoms. it is the center of the sun. each of two regions of intense radiation partly surrounding the earth at heights of several thousand kilometers..
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Earth Sciences
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Fragments less than 2 mm(about 1/8inch) in diameter of lava or rock blasted into the air by volcanic explosions. The maximum heigth of a wave crest or depth of a trough. Bits of rock or solidified lava dropped from the air. A steep-sided mound that forms when very viscous lava is extruded from a volcanic vent. A medium-colored dark gray volcanic rock containing 53-63% silica with a moderate viscosity when in a molten state.
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Earth's History
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How many layers does the Earth have? . What is the inner most layer of the Earth? . Plates can converge,diverge and _______.. We live on what layer? . Fossils are found ______. .
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Earth's Interior
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The central part of Earth below the mantle.. A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an asteroid.. The strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core.. An elastic wave, or a packet of energy, produced by an eathquake.. A primary wave, or compression wave..
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Earth's Landforms
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deepest parts of the ocean floor. a deep valley with high, steep sides. a map that uses shading to show elevations. a wide, flat area. an underwater mountain.
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Earth's Plates
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Scientists use _____________ samples to learn more about sea-floor spreading.. Scientists use magnetic ___________ to learn about the magnetic pattern on the ocean floor.. A break in Earth's crust where plates have slipped past each other. . When two plates push together, it is called a _________________ boundary.. When two boundaries pull apart, it is called a _____________ boundary..
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Earth's Spheres
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The high surface tension of water makes rain drops tiny bullets, that given enough time will erode ____. The lithosphere is able to move about, which over time causes the ___ to change positions. The current rates of use for lithospheric resource consumption is greater than the natural processes of replenishment - they are termed ___ resources. The lithosphere is broken into continental ____. Only 2% of the earth's water is ___.
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Earth's Structure
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the lithosphere is broke into many large and small slabs of rock. a break in rock that is due to stress. the study of the earth. the center part of the earth below the mantle. the hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up and drifted .
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Earth's Systems
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mostly solid, rocky part of Earth.. is between the thermosphere and stratosphere.. a mixture of mostly invisible gases.. lay er air between the mesosphere and the troposphere.. is the lowest layer of the atmosphere..
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Earthquake
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the wall below the hanging wall in a reverse fault. the area beneath Earth's surface where rock under stress breaks. the wave(s) that arrive first; they compress and expand the ground. an instument that records and measures seismic waves. the force that opposes the motion of one surface as it moves across another surface.
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bends resulting in a wrinkling in layered bedrock . when there is relative movement between the rocks on either side of a fracture the crack is called a ____.. the small changes in length and volume associated with deformation of the earth by tectonic stresses or by the passage of seismic waves. an arch-shaped fold . principle of uniformity is often represented by a statement that 'the present is the key to the past.'.
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Earthquake
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The amount of shaking on a seismograph. Represented by the height of the largest spike.. True location of the earthquake.. Type of surface wave that moves similar to a ripples of water in the ocean.. Device used to measure the intensity of an earthquake.. A fracture or crack within the Earth's crust that allows movement. .
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Earthquakes
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broken into pieces. a part of a whole; a small area. not having any mistakes; precise. taken apart or a way from. a loud, deep sound; like the rolling of objects.
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Earthquakes
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to make ready ahead of time, usually for a particular event. the condition in which a person is vulnerable to harm or risk. the theory that the earth's surface consists of plates whose constant motion explains continental drift. a period of time occupied by a series of events that repeat themselves regularly and in the same order. an event that disrupts a family's or a community's ability to function and for which assistance will be required.
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Earthquakes
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the point where the crust begins to break resulting in an earthquake. bends in rock that form from compression. compress and expand the ground(seismic waves). instrument that records earthquakes. shearing occurs along this type of fault.
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Waves caused by earthquakes.. The place where an earthquake starts.. Structures in building that move in opposition to earthquake waves and oppose their effect.. The type of boundary is where the strongest earthquakes occur.. Waves that travel along the crust near the surface and cause the most destruction..
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Earthquakes
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The block of rock that lies below the fault.. A landform that has high elevation and a more or less level surface.. A type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways with little up-or-down motion. A stress force that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks.. The block of rock that lies above the fault..
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Earthquakes
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The point within Earth where an earthquake starts. The fault system that runs through Pennsylvania. The tendency for the deformed rock along the fault to spring back after an earthquake. Push-pull waves. Location on the surface directly above the focus.
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Earthquakes & Volcanoes
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measures the strength of an earthquake. seismic wave that causes the ground to move in a rolling motion and is the slowest. molten rock that erupts onto Earth's surface. energy that travels as vibrations on and in Earth. an instrument used to record seismic waves.
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Earthquakes & Volcanos
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areas of volcanism within the interiors of lithospheric plates . a piece of lithosphere tha has a unique geologic history. describes magma or rock that is rich in light colored silicate materials. when magma erupts into earth's surface. the bending, tilting, & breaking of earths crust.
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In an earthquake, the point underground where the rocks first begin to move.. Molten rock that reaches a planet’s surface through a volcano.. An instrument that constantly records ground movements.. A fracture in Earth’s lithosphere along which blocks of rock move past each other.. A process in which the shaking of ground causes loose, wet soil to act like a liquid..
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Earthquakes and Volcanoes
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place in Earth where the energy of an earthquake is first released. magma that has reached the Earth's surface. a tool that keeps track of the vibrations from an earthquake. to break through; to force out suddenly and violently. cone-shaped hill/mountain made of volcanic ash.
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Coming from a volcano . Comes from lava . You live on. High land. Thickest layer.
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Earths History
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A formal statement to be used as evidence . Also called zone fossil. Is a system of chronological dating used by geologist . Molten rock expelled by a volcano. A brake and a body of rock.
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Ecological Interactions
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an interaction in which one organism hunts and kills another animal for food. a factor in the ecosystem that keeps a population from growing too large. an interaction in which one organism benefits and the other organism is harmed. shows how the energy in food is passed from one organism to another in an ecosystem. all the living and nonliving things that interact in an area.
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Ecology
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a living thing in an ecosystem.. an organism that captures energy from sunlight and transforms it into chemical energy that is stored in energy-rich carbon compounds.. a factor or condition that prevents the continuing growth of a population in an ecosystem.. a relationship between two species in which one species is harmed while the other benefits.. a model used to show the feeding relationship between a single producer and a chain of consumers in an ecosystem..
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Ecology
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a large area like a forest or tundra . living organisms, capable of reproducing and exchanging genes . single celled life form . a group of people having something in common. matter that makes up earth and its atmosphere .
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Ecology
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Large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat. Group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals. Individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form. Group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common. Any of the almost spherical concentric regions of matter that make up the earth.
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Ecology
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The number of organisms in a species. The clearing of a wide area of natural trees. The very first organism in a food chain is called this. A compound that traps sun rays in the atmosphere. Living factors that affect an organism's ability to survive in an environment.
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Ecology
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The variety of living things in an area . Refers to an ecosystem consisting mostly of water . Any living thing . Organisms that hunts and kills its food . Living factors in a habitat .
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Ecosystem
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a series of organisms that depend on each other for food . the average weather over a long time. a group of living things and the environment they in. the series of changes form egg to adult. a period when an animal goes into a long deep sleep.
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Ecosystem
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Land along a coastline, extending inland from an estuary that is covered with salt water all or part of the year. Examples are marshes, bays, lagoons, tidal flats, and mangrove swamps. a group of organisms interrelated by the fact that each member of the group feeds upon the one below it. symbiotic relationship between two organisms of different species, in which one of the organisms benefits while the other remains unaffected. the sum of all living organisms in a given area.. biome with enough average annual precipitation (at least 76 centimeters,or 30 inches) to support growth of various species of trees and smaller forms of vegetation.
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A group of organisms of the same species in an ecosystem.. An organism’s environment is all the living and non living things that surround and affect the organism.. An organisms complete function, or role, in its ecosystem. It includes all the ways the organism survives.. The gradual change of organisms in an ecosystem.. Because there is only enough food, water, shelter and space to support a certain number of organisms..
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Ecosystem Interaction and Change
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an organism which makes its own food through photosynthesis. this type of succession happens in an area that has been damaged but still has soil. the hunter. this type of succession happens in an area that was previously barren rock. meat eater.
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Energy Flow in Ecosystems
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organisms that gets its energy from food it makes itself. each step through which energy is transferred in food chains, food webs, and energy pyramids. sequence showing how energy is transferred by one organism eating another, etc.. amount of energy that is consumed and stored in the consumer's body. type of consumer that eats herbivores.
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Energy Sources
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the presence in or introduction into the air of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects.. rainfall made sufficiently acidic by atmospheric pollution that it causes environmental harm. when pollutants are directly or indirectly discharged into water. materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.. anything of material value.
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Enviromental Problems
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It is the potentially dangerous byproduct of a wide range of activities. It is the removal of a forest or stand of trees from land which is then converted to a non-forest use.. It is an event of prolonged shortages in the water supply, whether atmospheric, surface water or ground water.. A layer of oil that is floating on the sea or on a lake. Very likely to become extinct in the near future.
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Environment
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something that you do to help produce or achieve something together with other people, or to help make something successful. to break down (organic matter) or (of organic matter) to be broken down physically and chemically by bacterial or fungal action; rot. an instance of cleaning something, esp its surface. difficult or needing a lot of thought or effort, demanding. excessive, too much, unreasonable, uneven.
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Environment and Landscapes
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a deep valley with steep sides, often with a stream flowing through it.. polluted water falling from the sky.. a dense forest in a tropical region.. the gaseous envelope surrounding the earth; the air.. a natural stream of water smaller than a river.
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Environmental
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community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. heat from the Earth. he total mass of organisms in a given area or volume.. massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy. a resource of economic value that cannot be readily replaced by natural means on a level equal to its consumption.
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Sequence of conditions water goes through, from vapour in the atmosphere, to precipitation on land and water surfaces, and then back into the atmosphere . Weather conditions in an area over a long period of time. This causes the seasons. 6 convection currents that move energy and moisture around the world. Summary of average temperature and precipitation each month in a certain location.
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Environmental Ethics
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the ethical theory espoused by Peter Singer. a covenanted imperative from God to man involving nature. the life-centered system of environmental ethics. the focus of moral significance in Ecocentrism. the value an entity possesses because of its usefulness, as a means to an end.
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Environmental Issues and Effects
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Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and other halogenated substances (ODS) are mainly responsible for.... the consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished. Evidence of increasing air pollution is seen in (illness). the rise or fall in the temperature of a natural body of water caused by human influence. caused by the injurious smoke emitted by cars, buses, trucks, trains, and factories.
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