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| What are the Earth's Reservoirs? |
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Solid earth
Hydrosphere Atmosphere
Biosphere |
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| Where does heat on Earth come from? |
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| Both inside and outside the planet |
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| What are the Steps of the Scientific Method? |
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| Identify a gap in the understanding of certain natural phenomena, Collect data, Formulate a hypothesis and then proceed to test it, and Develop a theory. |
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True or False
A theory can never be proven wrong? |
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| Any size group of interacting parts that form a complex whole. |
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| Processes of the Rock Cycle? |
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| One of Earth's subsystems, The loop that involves the processes by which one rock changes into another, Mainly involves the solid Earth, although the atmosphere and hydrosphere can also affect it. |
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True or False
The geologic Time Scale represents all of earth's history? |
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| A basic premise used in geology is... |
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| The present is the key to the past. |
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| An Hypothesis that has withstood repeated testing and application but has not been proven conclusively enough to be accepted as a law. |
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| The realm of life and one of Earth's four main surface reservoirs. It consists of all living animals and plants, and those in the process of decay. |
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| making generalizations from specific observations |
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| making predictions from pre-existing generalizations |
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| The Earth beneath our feet and its principal reservoir. It comprises the Earth's crust, mantle, and core. |
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| Scientific Data Should Be: |
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| Representative and unbiased; Reproducible; Accurate and precise |
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| The Earth's watery envelope and one of its four main surface reservoirs. It includes the surface waters of oceans, streams and lakes, the water trapped in snow and ice, and all groundwater. |
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| A generalized statement designed to EXPLAIN a set of scientific observations. The best is one that explains ALL of the existing observations. |
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| The Earth's gaseous envelope and one of its four main surface reservoirs. It is made up of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, .9% argon, .03% carbon dioxide and trace amounts of other gases including water vapor and ozone. |
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| What is the source of Earth’s external heat? |
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| Heat Engine is powered by the sun, and drives the earth’s fluid envelopes (the atmosphere and hydrosphere) |
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| What is the source of Earth's internal heat? |
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| Heat Engine is driven by geothermal heat, and drives the formation of volcanoes, mountain belts, the continents and the ocean basins |
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| What is the age of the earth? |
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