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Kahn Academy Earth and Space Science Flashcards

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What two variables is Gravity Influenced by?

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Mass and the distance between objects

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What are Mar’s two moons?

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Phobos (fear) and Deimos (dread)

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Mars’ atmosphere

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Thin atmosphere of carbon dioxide

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What is the Oort Cloud?

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Space at the very edge of the solar system that is filled with comets made of ice and dust.

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How often does Halley’s Comet come near Earth?

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Every 75 years

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What is Jupiter’s atmosphere made of?

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Hydrogen and Helium

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How many moons does Jupiter have?

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50

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How was the Solar System formed?

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By a huge cloud of gas and dust 4.6 billion years ago.

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Common features of terrestrial planets

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Thin atmospheres, solid surfaces, few or no moons, no rings.

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Common features of Gas Giant planets

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Thick atmospheres, no solid surfaces, many moons and rings

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Natural Satellite

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Naturally occurring body that orbits a planet.

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How long does the moon take to orbit Earth?

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27 days

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How long does it take for the moon to orbit on it’s axis?

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27 days (the same amount of time it takes for it to orbit Earth, hence, the same side of the moon is always facing us)

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Waxing Moon

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Phases when the moon is growing bigger.

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Waning Moon

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Phases when the moon is growing smaller

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The 8 Moon Phases

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New, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, waning crescent

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New Moon

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When the lit side of the moon is facing completely away from Earth.

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Lunar Eclipse

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When the moon is covered by Earth’s shadow.

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Why do lunar eclipses only occur during full moons?

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It’s the only time in Earth’s orbit where the Earth is between the sun and moon.

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20
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Why isn’t there a lunar eclipse every full moon?

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Because the moon’s orbit around Earth is tilted relative to Earth’s orbit around the sun.

This means the moon passes just above or below Earth’s shadow.

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21
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How old is Earth’s water?

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4.6 billion years old

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22
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What percent of water on Earth is Ocean?

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95%

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Transpiration

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Evaporation of water from plants- water is absorbed through plant roots and through transpiration, turns into water vapor and leaves directly through the leaves through tiny pores called stomata and return to the atmosphere.

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24
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What force drive evaporation and transpiration?

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The sun’s energy

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25
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What force drives precipitation?

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Gravity

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26
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Air masses formed on land tend to have less humidity than those formed over…

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The ocean

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27
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Air Mass

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Large body of air w/ uniform temp and humidity.

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Air mass movement…

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From areas of high pressure, to areas of low pressure.

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Cold Front

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Formed when cold air mass moves into a warm air mass. It usually brings cool temperatures, heavy rain, and/or thunderstorms

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Warm Front

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Warm air mass moves into cold air mass. It usually brings warm temperatures and moderate rain.

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Current

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The steady flow of a fluid (such as air or water) within a larger body of that fluid.

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Prevailing winds

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Air currents that blow mainly in one direction and caused by the uneven heating of Earth’s surface.

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33
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What causes ocean surface currents?

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Prevailing winds blowing across the ocean.

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Coriolis Effect

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The curve of surface currents and prevailing winds due to Earth’s rotation.

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35
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Which way do northern hemisphere currents curve?

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To the right

36
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Which way do southern hemisphere currents curve?

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To the left

37
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Gyre

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Giant rotating systems formed by surface currents of the ocean connecting.

38
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How deep into the ocean do currents that drive gyres extend?

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About 1km down into ocean and help move water all around the globe.

39
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Water is good at holding heat from the sun, causing gyres not to just move water but…

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Heat energy

40
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How does warm and cold water move between the equator and poles?

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Warm water moves from the equator to poles and cold water moves from the poles to equator.

41
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Water density is effected by these two variables…

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Temperature and salinity

42
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Denser water is…

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Saltier and colder, therefore it sinks like cool air

43
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Less dense water is…

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Warmer and less salty, so less dense water rises

44
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Overturning Circulation

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Vertical currents are connected by horizontal currents at the surface and deep currents (vertical)

45
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Climate

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Long term pattern of weather in a particular region.

46
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Latitude

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Measuring north and south on the globe, with the equator being zero degrees (90 degrees north, 90 degrees south)

47
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Why do regions at higher elevations, like mountains, tend to have lower average air temperatures than areas of low elevation?

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As air rises from lower to higher elevations, it expands and cools, hence cooler weather.

48
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While water heats and cools slowly, land…

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Land is faster in temperature change.

49
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Why do climates tend to be more mild near oceans and lakes- with less seasonal variation?

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Large bodies of water help moderate air temperatures.

50
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Rain shadow

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Area of reduced rainfall behind a mountain range. In a rain shadow, the climate is warmer and drier compared to the climate on the other side of the range,

51
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Igneous Rock

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When molten rock cools and becomes solid. Igneous rocks make up more than 90% of Earth’s crust.

52
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Magma

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Molten rock existing below Earth’s surface.

53
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Magma tends to cool slowly underground, which gives it time for…

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The elements in it to form large crystals.

54
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Lava

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Molten rock that flows above the ground

55
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Lava tends to cool…

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Quickly

56
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Weathering

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When water, weather, wind, and other physical forces chip away at a rock

57
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Sediments

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Rock particles chipped off a rock due to weathering

58
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Erosion

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Transports sediment from one place to another

59
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Deposition

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Drops sediment in a new location

60
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Sedimentary rock

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Formed when sediment is compacted and cemented.

61
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Lithification

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The process of sediments compacting to produce sedimentary rocks

62
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Metamorphic rocks

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Form when existing rocks are exposed to intense heat and pressure. Can be formed from igneous, sedimentary, and other metamorphic rocks.

63
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Geologic timescale

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Breaks up all of Earth’s history into units called eons and eras

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Strata

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Sedimentary rock layers

65
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Law of Superposition

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Layers of strata at the bottom are older than layers at the top.

66
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Law of cross cutting relationships

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When two geologic features cross or intersect, the feature that cuts through the other is younger.

67
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Plate Boundary

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A place where two plates meet

68
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Index Fossils

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Fossils that are only found on a specific section of the geologic timescale

69
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The first single cellular life formed how long ago?

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3.8 billion years ago

70
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The first multicellular life formed how long ago?

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600 million years ago

71
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Fault

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A crack in Earth’s crust

72
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Intrusion

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Body of igneous rock formed in Earth’s crust

73
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Lithosphere

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Made up of Earth’s crust and upper part of the mantle

74
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Tectonic plates

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Broken up pieces of the lithosphere

75
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Asthenosphere

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Section of the mantle just below the lithosphere.

76
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How long ago did pangea break apart and drift into the current continents?

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200 million years ago

77
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Evidence of continental drift

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  1. Matching or complimentary coastlines of continents
  2. Fossils of the same species on different continents.
78
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Plate Interaction Types

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  1. Convergent
  2. Divergent
  3. Transform
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Convergent boundary

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One plate sliding under the other and pushing it up.

80
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Divergent Boundary

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Two tectonic plates move apart and create different kinds of landforms like rift valleys and mid ocean ridges

81
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Transform Boundary

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When two plates slide past each other but cause friction and builds pressure and release causes earthquakes.

82
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Continental crust contains lots of…

A

Granite

83
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Oceanic crust contains lots of

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Basalt

84
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Which type of crust is denser: oceanic or continental?

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Oceanic crust

85
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The high density of oceanic crust causes oceanic plates to sink into the asthenosphere a bit more than…

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Continental plates

86
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Compaction

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When sediment is deposited in a new location and spreads out to form a layer. As more layers are created, the layers underneath them become squished together.

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