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A DAY IN A LIFE AS A MARIAN STUDENT ✨MAG QUIZ SA SCIENCE EDITION ✨ > LOCATING PLACES ON EARTH > Flashcards

LOCATING PLACES ON EARTH Flashcards

1
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What are the two ways to define the location of a place?

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Describing its “relative location” and accurate way is by expressing its “absolute location”

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2
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Imaginary lines running horizontally are called?

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Latitude

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While lines running vertically are called?

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Longitude

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4
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Lines show how far north or south of the equator a location is

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Latitudinal

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5
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Lines begin from the North pole going toward the south pole

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Longitudinal

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6
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The “prime meridian is designated as?

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O degree

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7
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It is designated as 180° longitude

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Antimeridian

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8
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List the neighboring countries in the Philippines

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Taiwan to the north, Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia to the west

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The Philippines is located between?

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5° and 21° North latitude and 114° and 127° east longitude

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10
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The word “archipelago” comes from the greek words?

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Arkhi

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11
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What is the meaning of arkhi and pelagos?

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Arkhi means chief while pelagos means sea

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12
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Archipelago was the proper name for?

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Aegean sea

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13
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What is the meaning of PMB?

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Philippine mobile plate

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14
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Where does the Philippines located?

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Pacific ring of fire

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15
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Is a resource of which there is an endless supply because it can be replenished

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Renewable

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16
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Give some example of renewable

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Solar
Wind
Wood
Water
Electricity generation from wind

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17
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A substance that is up more quickly than it can replace itself

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Non renewable

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18
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Give some examples of non renewable

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Coel
Fuel
Oil
Gas
Uranium

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19
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Weathering is defined as?

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Physical and chemical breakdown of Earth’s material

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20
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Erosion involves?

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The transport of material from one place to another by water, wind or ice.

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21
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Creating new land. This process is called?

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Deposition

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22
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It is the longest in the Philippines. It stretches from the Cagayan in the north to Quezon in southern luzon.

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Sierra madre mountain range

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23
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Tje mountains of the Philippines are generally covered by?

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Lush vegetation typical of tropical rain forest

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24
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It is where diverse plant and animal life exist

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Lush vegetation typical of tropical rain forests

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25
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Some of the active volcanoes in the Philippines includes

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Mayon volcano, mount Pinatubo, taal volcano

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26
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Is hot molten rock or magma that has erupted onto Earth’s crust

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Lava

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27
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It refers to airborne

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Tephra

28
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This materials are categorized as?

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Bombs, blocks, lapilli, ash

29
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It semi-solid rock or lava fragments with a diameter greater than 64mm

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Bombs

30
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Solid rock or lava fragments etc.

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Blocks

31
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Fragments between 2 and 64 mm etc.

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Lapilli

32
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Fragments less than 2mm

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Ash

33
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Long cracks in the ground, called?

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Fissures

34
Q

The alligator lake in Laguna is a special kind of volcano known as?

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Maar

35
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Is an elevated landform that is generally lower and less steep than a mountain.

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Bill

36
Q

There are squat volcanoes, called?

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Cinder cones

37
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Is a low-lying area of land between two mountains or hills.

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Valley

38
Q

As the name implies, is often wet.

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Wetland

39
Q

Give at least 1 example of a wetland

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Swamp

40
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Is the part of earth where water is found.

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Hydrosphere

41
Q

It is the largest body of water

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Ocean

42
Q

It has an average salinity of?

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35 parts per thousand

43
Q

The ocean contains?

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98 percent

44
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Salinity may very due to physical processes such as?

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Freezing, evaporation thawing (melting of polar ice and glaciers) and precipitation

45
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Is a large body of salt water

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Sea

46
Q

A river may start from a tiny stream that drains surface water or ?

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Runoff water

47
Q

Streams that flow into larger stream or other bodies of water are called?

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Tributaries

48
Q

Is a still body of fresh water completely surrounded by land

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Lake

49
Q

It refers to organic materials that underwent chemical and physical transformation over a long very period of time

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Fossil fuel

50
Q

Petroleum simply called?

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Oil

51
Q

It is simply called oil

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Petroleum

52
Q

Is a flammable gas mixtures

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Natural gas

53
Q

That fall within a range called the

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Gas window

54
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It includes weathering which is defined as the physical and chemical breakdown of Earth’s material and erosion whick involves the transport of material from one place

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Destructive processes

55
Q

It is the largest body of water

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Ocean

56
Q

Large body of salt water

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Seas

57
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Surface water or runoff water

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River

58
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Is a still body of fresh water completely surrounded by land

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Lake

59
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It is naturally occurring black or dark brown rock that is composed mainly of carbon etc.

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Coal

60
Q

Is a flammable gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, etc.

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Natural gas

61
Q

What is the meaning of geo?

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Earth

62
Q

How about thermos?

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Heat

63
Q

The ions and molecules of a mineral are arranged in a regular network known as?

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Crystalline

64
Q

Are naturally occurring inorganic solid subtances etc.

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Minerals

65
Q

What are the earth materials that are naturally occurring resources found on earth

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Minerals
Rocks
Soil

66
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What are the three basic types of rock

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Igneous rock
Metamorphic rock
Sedimentary rock

A DAY IN A LIFE AS A MARIAN STUDENT ✨MAG QUIZ SA SCIENCE EDITION ✨ (1 decks)

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