EARTH SCIE

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is the study of the Eart’s structure, properties, processes, and four and a half billion years of biotic evolution.

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EARTH SCIENCE

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is the study of the origin, history, and structure of the Earth.

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GEOLOGY

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is the sciences of the atmosphere and its phenomena (the study of the weather), includes the study of weather patterns, clouds, hurricanes, and tomatoes.

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Meteorology

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is the study of outer space and the physical bodies beyond the Earth

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ASTRONOMY

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The main concern of the Solar nebular Theory(SNT) is to solve the original problems of Kant and Laplace’s nebular hypothesis about angular momentum of the sun.

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SOLAR NEBULAR HYPOTHEIS

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Also called as geosphere; it is the Earth’s solid surface, often called the crust of the Earth.
Includes the Earth’s interior, rocks and minerals, landforms and the processes that shape the Earth’s surface.

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LITHOSPHERE

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The liquid water component of the Earth.
-It includes the ocean, seas, lakes, ponds, rivers and streams.
-It covers about 70% of the surface of the Earth and is the home for many plants and animals.

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HYDROSPHERE

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The solidifies water found on Earth’s surface in known as

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CRYOSPHERE

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Is a gaseous sphere and it envelopes the Earth. It consists of a mixture of gases composed primarily of nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide and water vapor.

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ATMOSPHERE

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Lowest and thinnest layer; where weather occurs

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TROPOSPHERE

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Contains high level of ozone; ozone layer

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STRATOSPHERE

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Protects the Earth from large meteoroids

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MESOSPHERE

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Absorbs the sun’s radiations, making it the hottest layer.

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THERMOSPHERE

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The biological component of the Earth systems.
-Includes all life on Earth, including man, and all living organism together with the dead organic matter products by them.

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Biosphere

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a natural occurring, inorganic crystalline solid element or compound composed of an ordered arrangement of atoms with a specific chemical composition.

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MINERAL

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-Used to describe how light is reflected from the surface of a mineral.
-Metallic luster is opaque and very reflective like gold and silver.
-Nonmetallic luster is dull, silky, greasy, and pearly like silicates.

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LUSTER

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-A measure of the resistance of a mineral to being scratched. Moh’s scale is used to measure the hardness of a mineral consists of 10 minerals arranged from hardest to softest.

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HARDNESS

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-The least used property in determining what mineral is present in rock.

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COLOR

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the color of a mineral in its powdered form

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Streak

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-Visible expression of a mineral’s internal arrangement of atoms.

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Crystalline Structure

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three dimensions of mineral have about the same length, like that of a cube or sphere.

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Equant

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forms prismatic or prism-like crystal (like plate)

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Elongate

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The tendency of a mineral to cleave, or break, along flat, even surfaces.
-Biotite and mica have one direction, orthoclase has two direction, galena has three directions and fluorite has four directions.

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Cleavage

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-The uneven breakage of a mineral. -Quartz has a conchoidal fracture while asbestos has a splintery fracture.

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Fracture

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is a naturally formed solid made up of one more kind of minerals. Rocks can be classified based on their origin into igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.

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ROCK

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Formed by the process of crystallization, hardened magma or lava. ( GRANITE, RHYOLITE, BASALT, OBSIDIAN

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IGNEOUS ROCKS

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rocks that form when lava cools and becomes solid.

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Extrusive (Volcanic) Rocks

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rocks that forms when magma solidifies within the crust.

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Intrusive (Plutonic) Rocks

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Formed by the process of lithification – involves compaction od sediment above and cementation that involves the action of chemicals that bind these sediments together.

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SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

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Formed from previously existing rock such as igneous and sedimentary rocks. - When subjected to heat and pressure, they undergo the process of metamorphism and they are eventually converted into an igneous rock.

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METAMORPHIC ROCKS

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provides the energy needed to drive chemical reactions.

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Heat

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causes a more compact rock with greater density.

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Pressure

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are metemorphic rocks formed within the earths interior under extremely HIGH PRESSURES that are unequal

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Foliated Metamorphic rocks

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that are formed around igneous intrusions WHERE THE TEMPERATURES ARE HIGH BUT THE PRESSURES ARE RELATIVELY LOW AND EQUAL

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Non-Foliated Metamorphic rocks

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of a mineral is the size and shape of the crystals and the structure or form shown by the crystals

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HABIT

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an etnolingustic group of the batanes province in the northernmost part of the country

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IVATAN PEOPLE

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when the river reaches a lake or sea the transported rock pieces settle at the bottom. this process is called

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DEPOSITION

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The rocks that are deposited are called

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SEDIMENTS

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One of the first known attempts to calculate the size of the earth from actual data was made by greek astronomer______ in about 250BC

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ERATHOSTHENES

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Total surface area of earth is about

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500 MILLION SQAURE KILOMETER

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PERCENTAGE OF LAND?

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ONLY ABOUT 29%

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Percentage of water?

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71%

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percentage of salt water?

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97%

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percentage of fresh water

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3%

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Earth shape is known as an

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ABLATE SPHEROID

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Only earths surface has ______, though mars once had surface water and still has water ice in its polar ice caps.

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WATER

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__________ traps heat, shiels the surface from harmful radiation, and provides chemicals needed for life, such as nitrogen and carbon dioxide

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ATMOSPHERE

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Our planet is blesses with a strong, stable_____, which staves off the cosmic rays and solar winds/ flares that would otherwise dry the planet every now and then.

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MAGNETIC FIELD

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Organisms use light or chemical energy to run their life processes

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ENERGY

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Without chemicals to make proteins & carbohydrates, organisms cannot grow

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NUTRIENTS

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Is characterized by its blue water keneme chuchcu.... also it is the fift largest planet

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EARTH

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also known as the "BACKBONE OF LUON,"

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EARTH AND EARTH SYSTEM

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Is the longest mountain range in the PH.

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SIERRA MADRE

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A ______ is a collection of interdependent parts enclosed within a defined boundary

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EARTH SUBSYTEM

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Boundary of the earth is a collection of four interdependent parts called

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SPHERE

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Makes up the solid portion of the earth. It also comprises the layers of the earth

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LITHOSPHERE

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Is the outermost layer of the earth

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CRUST

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Is the largest layer. Composed of rocky oxides and silicates under high pressure

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MANTLE

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Is a liquid that flows in circle

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OUTER CORE

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Is the solid part that believe to contain at least 90% IRON

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INNER CORE

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On the earth flowing of liquid metal in the outer core of the planet generates

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ELECTRIC CURRENTS

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Is a basic concept in geology that describes transitions through geologic time among the three main rock types

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ROCK CYCLE

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Are generally defined s anything that can be a source of energy

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ENERGY RESOURCES

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Are one of leading contributors to climate change

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coal-fired power plants