Science Flashcards

(32 cards)

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Relief

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Difference between high and low elevations

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Elevation

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The height something rises/ is elevated to

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Slope

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Steep slope, contour lines are close together

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Contour interval

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Difference in elevation between contours, space between lines must be equal

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Prime meridian

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Vertical line separating eastern and western parts of earth

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Equator

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Horizontal line separating, northern/southern hemispheres

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Lithosphere

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Earths solid surface, oceanic/continental crusts, layers of earths interior

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biosphere

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all life on earth
life zone on our planet- distinguishes from other planets
living things create ecological communities with surroundings- biomes

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hydrosphere

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all water on earth
liquid, gaseous water
3% fresh water
97% salt water

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atmosphere

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gaseous sphere
envelopes earth
upper portion absorbs and emits heat- protecting biosphere from uv rays
lower portion when air temp. changes weather occurs

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cryosphere

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earths surface where water is solid
snow, ice, glaciers, ice bergs
polar regions

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anthrosphere

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everything made by man

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latitude

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flat, horizontal

360 degrees

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longitude

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vertical, up and down

highest point- 90 degrees

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properties of minerals

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color
luster
hardness
streak
fracture/cleavage
crystal shape
effervescence
fluorescence
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mineral (definition)

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occurs in nature
inorganic compound
solid
Chemical composition, fixed structure (always the same)
non living
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explosive

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felsic
high viscosity
strato, caldera, dome, cinder cone
high silica
trapped gases
light colored
low density
pyroclastic flow, ash cloud
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effusive

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mafic 
lower viscosity
shield, cinder cone
low silica
a'a, pahoehoe, pillow
escaped gases
high density
ocean crust
dark color
liquidy
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earths layers (center to outside)

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inner core- solid
outercore- liquid
mesosphere- solid
asthenophere- solid, ductile
upper mantle- brittle
ocean crust
continental crust

upper mantle, ocean, continental crust- lithosphere

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texture (igneous rocks)

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intrusive-
large
phaneritic
formed underground

extrusive-
small
aphanitic
formed above ground

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mineral composition (igneous rocks)

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felsic-
high silica
light color
low density

mafic-
low silica
dark color
high density

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ways magma forms

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spreading ridges
subduction zones
hot spots- magma plume from mantle (hawaii)

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convection current

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hot goes up, cold goes down

reason for plate movement

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sedimentary rock formation

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weathering- breaking down into sediments
erosion- transportation of sediments
deposition- layering of sediments
compaction- squeezed together
cementation- gluing together of sediments by silica and calcite
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stalactite vs stalagmite
from water on the ceiling stalactites water drips down, stays on ceiling stalagmites water falls to ground, grows up
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density, mass, volume
mass over volume= density mass over density= volume density times volume= mass
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sedimentary rock types
organic- made from living things chemical- made from precipitates clastic- made from sediments
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sed rocks features
``` crossbedding ripple marks mudcracks fossils stratification ```
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weathering
physical- breaks down into smaller pieces eg. exfoliation, freeze thaw, ice wedging, pressure release, abrasion biological- plant roots, animals chemical- dissolving, rusting eg. acid rain, oxidizing
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factors that affect weathering
surface area composition climate
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erosion and deposition
4 agents: water, wind, ice, gravity loads: dissolved- composed of ions, precipitates suspended- sediments carried as solids bed- particles too large are pushed along stream bed settling fast- big size, very round, very dense
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bowens reaction series
mafic rocks need hotter temp. to stay melted so they stay down and felsic goes up bc they don't need hot temps.