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Quiz 1 Flashcards

1
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The name for all the sciences that collectively seek to understand Earth and its surroundings

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Earth Science

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2
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“Study of Earth”

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Geology

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Examines materials comprising Earth and seeks to understand processes behind it

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Physical Geology

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4
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Understanding the origin of Earth and the evolution of the planet through its history

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Historical Geology

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5
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The study of Oceans, involves the application of all sciences in a comprehensive and interrelated study of the oceans and all their aspects and relationships (integrates chem, physics, geology, and biology ect)

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Oceanography

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6
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The study of atmosphere and the processes that produce weather and climate

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Meteorology

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7
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Study of the universe

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Astronomy

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This ‘Sphere’ is WATER, a dynamic mass of water that is continually moving, evaporating from the oceans to the atmosphere, precipitating to the land, flowing back to the oceans

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Hydrosphere

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9
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Hydrosphere includes:

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  • Water in the atmosphere in form of clouds and water

- The ocean, under ground water, streams, lakes, glaciers.

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10
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Life-giving GASEOUS envelope

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Atmosphere

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11
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Atmosphere

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  • provides air we breathe

- protects us from radiation

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12
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Includes all life on earth including oceans

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Biosphere

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13
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The solid earth beneath the atmosphere and ocean

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Geosphere

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14
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approx. how many miles is the Geosphere?

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4,000 miles

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15
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Dense inner sphere

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Core

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16
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Inner Core is…

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Solid

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17
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Outer Core is…

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liquid

18
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Less dense layer

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Mantle

19
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Light, very thin outer skin (thinner below oceans than continents)

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Crust

20
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Rigid outer layer that includes the crust and upper most mantle

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Lithosphere

21
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Weak and able to slowly flow in response to the uneven distribution of heat deep within Earth

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Asthenosphere

22
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Hypothesis

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untested theory

23
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Theory

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Well tested and widely acceptable

24
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Environment

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Surroundings of an organism; anything that effects it

25
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Renewable Resources

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can be replenished

ex: (water, plants, animals, wind, solar)

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Non Renewable Resources

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Exist in fixed quantities

ex:( oil, coal, medals, rocks/minerals)

27
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Genesis 1:28

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“Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it, rule over creatures…”

28
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Genesis 2:15

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Placed man in garden of eden to care for the earth and maintain it

29
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human-induced environmental problems

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air and water pollution, acid rain, ozone depletion, over hunting/ over fishing

30
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earth quakes, flooding, volcanoes, landslides, hurricanes are examples of:

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Natural hazards

31
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term given to a collection of human activities

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Science

32
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Science’s common goals and characteristics

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Explain, explore and collect data from the natural world
with a variety of methods of making and testing predictions.

With knowledge and explanations being tentative and revised.

33
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Conducting experiments under controlled and repeatable conditions

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Empirical Sciences

34
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Have observations that lead to questions, these events occurred ONCE in the past; not repeatable, “multiple comporting hypotheses”

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Historical Sciences

35
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Attempt to understand the various processes on earth, along with their interactions and feedbacks

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Earth Systems Science

36
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Group of interacting parts that make up a complex whole

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System

37
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Closed System

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energy can make it in but matter mostly stays the same

38
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Open System

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Matter can have free movement

39
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Feedback Mechanisms

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operate to enhance or dampen effects of an action on the system

40
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Point of contact between two systems

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Interface

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