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the scientific theory that describes the large scale motions of earth’s crust

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Plate Tectonics

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THE HYPOTHESIS THAT EARTH’S CONTINENT WERE ONCE ALL ONE AND THEN DRIFTED APART

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CONTINENTAL DRIFT HYPOTHESIS

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ARE THE EDGES WHERE TwO PLATES MEET

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PLATE BOUNDERIES

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PLATES MOVES AWAY TOWARD EACH OTHER

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DIVERGENT PLATE

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PLATE MOVE TOWARD EACH OTHER

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CONVERGENT PLATE

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PLATE SLIP PAST EACH OTHER

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TRANSFORM PLATE

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• the initial breakdown of glucose into an intermediate compound. It takes
  place in the cell’s cytoplasm and does not require oxygen

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Glycolysis

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• the partial breakdown of pyruvic acid which is produced during glycolysisby enzyme action in the absemce of oxygen

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. Fermentation

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• during this process, all the remaining carbon is removed as carbon dioxide
  and hydrogen ions are also given up.

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. Krebs cycle

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. - the main producer of ATP, through the use of molecular
oxygen.

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Electron transfer system

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is an increase in the amount of living material
in a plant of animal.

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GROWTH

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The series of changes a living thing undergoes in
attaining its final form is called

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DEVELOPMENT

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Heat from the mantle raises material to the surface while sinking cold materials below

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MANTLE CONVECTION

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The older rocks at the edges of the plate are subducted to the bottom along the edge of the continental plate.

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SLAB PULL

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Gravitational push on the elevated ridge caused at the divergent boundaries

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RIDGE
PUSH

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• caused by magma movement associated with volcanic activity

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Volcanic earthquake

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• caused by abrupt slipping of the tectonic plates

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Tectonic earthquake

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Point of impact; underground origin of the earthquake.

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HYPOCENTER

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Surface impact; part of the surface where directly above the hypocenter

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EPICENTER

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Shocks before the plates abruptly slip past one another

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FORESHOCK

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Actual shock caused by the abrupt slip of tectonic plates

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MAINSHOCK

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Shocks following the mainshock, caused by rearranging of rocks

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AFTERSHOCK

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is the smallest planet and the closest to the
Sun. It has an extremely thin atmosphere so surface
temperatures range from very hot to very cold

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Mercury

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has a very thick, corrosive atmosphere,
and the surface temperature is extremely high

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Venus

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is the only planet known to have life. Conditions on Earth are ideal for life!

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Earth

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is red because of rust in its soil.

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Mars

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is the largest planet in the solar system.

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Jupiter

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has a large system of beautiful rings.

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Saturn

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is tilted on its side, probably due to a collision with a large object in the distant past

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Uranus

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is very cold and has very strong winds.

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Neptune

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- All are solid, dense, and rocky. None of the have rings. Compared to the outer planets, the are small. They have shorter orbits around the Sun and they spin more slowly.

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INNER PLANETS

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— Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune — are all gas giants made mostly of hydrogen and helium. Their thick outer layers are gases and have liquid interiors

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outer planets

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is the outermost part of the earth and is very thin compared to the other layers.

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crust

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is composed of mafic magma that erupts on the seafloor to create basalt lava flows or cools deeper down to create the intrusive igneous rock gabbro

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Oceanic crust

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is made up of many different types of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks.

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Continental crust

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lies between Earth’s dense, super heated core and its thin outer layer, the crust. is divided into two layers: the upper mantle and the lower mantle. It is made up of silicate rich iron and magnesium.

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mantle

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. Heat is transferred through rapid collisions of atoms, which can only happen if the material is solid. Heat flows from warmer to cooler places until all are the same temperature.

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Conduction:

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: If a material is able to move, even if it moves very slowly, convection currents can form.

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Convection

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It is an individual living being that has the ability to act or function independently. It may be a plant, animal or microorganism

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ORGANISM

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A is composed of a number of individuals of the same species occupying a defined space.

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population

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Composed of all the populations of various speciesa that live in a definite but limited area and where members have attained a certain state of stability.

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COMMUNITY

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is the basic unit of ecology. By definition it consists of all the organisms and the abiotic pools (quantities) with which they interact

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ECOSYSTEM

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- land based ecosystem- it includes habitats such as forest and grassland.

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Terrestrial ecosystem

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- include habitats such as lakes, rivers, estruaries and oceans.

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Aquatic ecosystem

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a shaking or trembling of the earth that is either volcanic or tectonic in origin

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earthquake

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It's used to measure the size of an earthquake

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magnitude

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Represented by Roman numerals I through X, intensity marks how much damage was done on the earth’s surface, structures, and humans.

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intensity

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Also called the hypocenter, this is where the earthquake originated from – underground or on the fault zone

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focus

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- an opening, or rupture, in the surface or crust of the Earth which allows hot lava, volcanic ash and gases to escape from the magma chamber below the surface

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Volcanoes

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is one which is recently erupted and there is a possibility that it may erupt soon.

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active volcano

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is one that has not erupted in a long time but there is a possibility it can erupt in the future.

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dormant volcano

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is one which has erupted thousands of years ago and there’s no possibility of an eruption

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Extinct volcano

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are a type of volcano in which the lava eruptions through a linear volcanic vent.

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Fissure vents

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are volcanoes shaped like a bowl or shield in the middle with long gentle slopes made by basaltic lava flows

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Shield volcanoes

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are formed when erupting lava is too thick to flow and makes a steep-sided mound as the lava piles up near the volcanic vent

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Lava domes

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- are the most violent and complex class of volanoes

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SUPERVOLCANOES

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invariably kill their prey and do so more or less immediately after attacking them. They consume several or many prey items in the course of their life.

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TRUE PREDATOR

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Attack several or many prey items in the course of their life; and consume only part of each prey item. They do not usually kill their prey, especially in the short term.

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GRAZERS

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Consume only part of each prey item (usually called their host); Do not usually kill their prey, especially in the short term; Attack one or very few prey items in the course of their life, with which they therefore often form a relatively intimate association.

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PARASITES

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are flies and wasps whose larvae consume their insect larva host from within, having been laid there as an egg by their mother

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Parasitoids

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moves throughout its habitat and find its prey. That means actively foraging predators are characterized by their frequent wandering movements.

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searching predator

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A predator waits or remains still for long periods to capture its preyas it appears before them.

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sit and-wait predator

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is a relationship in whihc organism, the commensal, benefits from another organism, the host.

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COMMENSALISM

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is an interaction in which two organisms depend upon each other.

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MUTUALISM

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, one organism, the parasite is completely dependent at some point in its life cycle upon a host organism.

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parasitism

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addresses the interactions between organisms and their environment as an integrated system

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ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY

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—series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten

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Food Chain

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—network of food chains within an ecosystem

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Food Web

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Organisms that rely on other organisms for their energy and food supply B. Also called heterotrophs

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CONSUMERS

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—a network of food chains within an ecosystem

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Food Web