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developed the tidal theory

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Forrest R Moulton and Thomas C Chamberlin

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1948: Bondi and Gould by Hoyle

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Steady state model

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interpretation that galaxies are moving away from each other

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Redshift

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Two different types of Crust

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Continental and Oceanic

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subsystem that includes water or liquid

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Hydrosphere

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Is the layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth’s surface.

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Troposphere

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What theory predicted the expanding universe

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Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity

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a nuclear fusion reaction responsible for the energy produced by star.

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Thermonuclear reaction

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The Outer planets or “Gas Giants”

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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

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“ordinary matter” consisting of protons electrons and neurons that compromises atoms, planets, stars, galaxies, nd other bodies.

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Baryonic matter

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includes the rocks of the crust and mantle, the metallic liquid outer core, and the solid metallic inner core.

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Lithosphere

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Most planets rotate ______?

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Prograde

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Origin of the universe: Monotheistic Religions

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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

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Absorbs some of the incoming solar radiation, shielding life on Earth from potentially harmful ultraviolet (UV) light.

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Ozone Layer

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closest known black hole to Earth

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The Unicorn

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Is an elastic shock wave that travels outward in all directions from an earthquake source.

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Seismic Wave

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Who popularized the term ‘biosphere”?

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Vladimir Vernadsky

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considered the universe as one interacting entity.

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Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Von Humboldt

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layer of weak, ductile rock in the mantle.

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Asthenosphere

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a source of anti-gravity; a force that counteracts and causes the universe to expand.

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Dark energy

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What does the universe compromise?

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space and time, matter and energy.

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landed on the Red Planet last February 18, 2021.

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Perseverance

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70% of the earth is covered with liquid ______?

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Water

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Is a Croatian seismologist

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Andrija Mohorovicic

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Origin of the universe: Kuba People of Central Africa, creator god
Mbombo
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Two ideas of Big Bang Theory
General Relativity Cosmological Principle
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Who proved that the outer core is liquid and the inner core is solid?
Inge Lehmann
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Percentages of Water in Earth
95% Salt 3%Fresh 2/3% ice 1% lakes
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The building block of galaxies and are born out of clouds of gas and dust in galaxies.
Stars
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Is one of the modern hypothesis of the origin of earth and the solar system.
Tidal Theory
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What is the new moon around jupiter called?
EJc0061
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Includes rocks and minerals of the Earth
Geosphere
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like furnaces where elements are synthesized or combined/fused together.
Stellar interiors
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explains the peculiarities of the orbit of Mercury and the bending of light by the Sun and has passed rigorous tests.
General Relativity
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cluster of billions of stars
galaxy
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How old is the universe
13.8 billion years old
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maintains that new matter is created as the universe expands thereby maintaining its density.
Steady state model
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matter that has gravity but does not emit light
Dark matter
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an early stage in the formation of a star resulting from the gravitational collapse of gases
Protostar
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The distance light can travel in a year; a unit of length used to measure astronomical distance
Light years
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Percentage of water that is fresh
3%
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The Inner terrestrial planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
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Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
protons, neutrons, and atomic nuclei hydrogen, helium, and lithium
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Layers of atmosphere
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere
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The galaxy where our solar system is in.
Milky Way
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The current hypothesis
Protoplanet Hypothesis
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Is an elastic shock wave that travels outward in all directions from an earthquake source.
Seismic Wave
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boundary separating the crust and mantle
Moho
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thin, outermost layer of the Earth
Crust
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Origin of the universe: India
Purusha
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rigid outer layer of the layer which is made up of the brittle crust and upper mantle.
Lithosphere
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Who discovered the redshift?
Edwin Hubble
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According to the _______, the biosphere is a self-regulating system that is capable of controlling its physical and chemical environment.
Gaia Hypothesis
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developed the planetisimal theory.
James Jean and Harrold Jeffreys
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is the thin gaseous layer that envelopes the lithosphere.
Atmosphere
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stars that fuse hydrogen atoms to form helium atoms in their cores; outward pressure resulting from nuclear fusion is balanced by gravitational forces.
Main Sequence Stars
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clusters of galaxies
superclusters
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largest known comet to date
Bernardinelli-Bernstein
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theory which proposes that the earth's crust and upper mantle to be composed of several large, thin, and relatively rigid plates that move relative to one another.
Plate Tectonics
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Heat is absorbed and redistributed on the surface of the Earth.
Ocean circulation
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Middle layer between the crust and core
Mantle
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Percentages of the universe.
4.6% baryonic matter 24% cold dark matter 71.4% dark energy
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Is everything. It includes all of space, and all the matter and energy that space contains. It even includes time itself and, of course, it includes you.
Universe
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They created the Gaia Hypothesis
James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis
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Innermost layer of the Earth
Core
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assumes that the universe is homogenous and isotropic when averaged over large scales.
Cosmological Principle
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developed the nebular hypothesis
Pierre-Simon Laplace and Immanuel Kant
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Is the coldest layer of the atmosphere.
Mesosphere
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The three most abundant elements
Hydrogen Helium Lithium
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Is the set of all life forms on Earth.
Biosphere
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Origin of the universe: Non-scientific thought
Ancient Egyptians
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Who proved the existence of the Earth's core?
Beno Gutenberg

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