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| A gigantic explosion that can cause the death of a star. |
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| A spinning neutron star that emits rapid pulses of energy. |
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| The brightness of a star as seen from Earth. |
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| 78% of the atmosphere is made up of what gas? |
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| A very bright, starlike object that generates immense energy. |
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| Something that can be broken down by living organisms. |
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| The method geologists use to determine the age of a fossil or rock in years. |
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| The lithosphere is divided into pieces called _______ ________. |
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| What type of galaxy is this?[image] |
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| Silicon, Oxygen, and Magnesium |
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| What is the mantle composed of? |
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| The crust is composed largely of silicon, oxygen, and ______. |
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| What is composed of mainly the metal iron. |
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| The layer in the atmosphere in which we live, and where weather occurs. |
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| The hottest layer in Earth's atmosphere. |
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| The coldest layer of the atmosphere. Located above the stratosphere. |
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| The layer in the atmosphere located above the troposhpere. |
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| The transfer of thermal energy by the circulation or movement of a liquid or gas. |
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| The transfer of energy as heat through a material. |
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| The transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves. |
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| The continuous cycle of warm air rising and cool air sinking. |
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| The atmosphere is made up mainly of what two gases? |
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| What protects life on Earth from damage caused by UV radiation from the sun? |
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| Streamlike movements of water that are either surface currents or deep currents. |
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| Horizontal, streamlike movements of water that occur at or near the surface of the ocean driven mainly by winds. |
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| Streamlike movements of water far below the ocean surface that are driven by cold water that sinks and flows near the ocean floor. |
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| 2.8% of the Earth's hydrosphere is made up of what? |
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| Millimeters to Centimeters per year |
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| Tectonic plates move arund Earth's surface at what rate? |
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| This is formed when magma rises from Earth's interior to Earth's surface where it solidifies. |
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| The Grand Canyon was formed by this process when soil and sediment was carried from one location to another. |
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| Bodies of rock below the ground that stores groundwater. |
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| True or False: The largest resevoir of water on the Earth is the global ocean. |
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| Liquid water, a suitable habitat, and a continuous supply of energy. |
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| What are the three MAIN things an organism needs to survive? |
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| During this process, some bacteria release nitrogen back into the soil in a form that plants can use. |
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| What cycle does this picture represent?[image] |
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| A few centimeters or millimeters per year |
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| The rate that the tectonic plates move along the earth's surface |
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| The lowest layer of the earth's atmosphere. |
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| Block harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun |
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| The transfer of thermal energy by circulation of a fluid. |
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| Nitrogen fixing bacteria. |
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| Responsible for changing nitrogen into a form that plants can use. |
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| A way that plants release water vapor into the atmosphere. |
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| How water seeps into the ground. |
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| The thickest layer of the earth. |
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| The transfer of energy theough a material |
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| Photosynthesis is a part of this cycle. |
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| The movement of tectonic plates |
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| Earthquakes and volcanoes are result from this |
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| A process that reshapes the earth by the movement of soil and sediment from one location to another |
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| The global patterns of ocean currents |
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| Silicon,oxygen and aluminum |
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| makes up most of the earth's crust. |
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| How energy from the sun reaches the earth |
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| The reason decomposers, such as bacteria and insects break down dead plants and animals |
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| from alge to fish then to wading birds |
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| In a typical freshwater system, the way energy flows |
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| In the nitrogen cycle, bacteria in nitrogen fixing plants convert atmospheric nitrogen into this chemical compond |
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| A way to maintain biodiversity |
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| How farmers can prevent the harming of benifical insects |
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| It helps in using fewer natural resources and reducing wastes |
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| The process where something can be broken down by living organisms |
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| The name of an animal or plant when bringing it into an area where it is not from |
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| falling water, tides, wind & solar energy |
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| 4 examples of renewable energy |
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| Chemical, thermal and noise |
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| The names of three major catagories of pollution |
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| How farmers can help the environment |
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| It will continue expanding for ever |
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| What will keep happening in the distant future of the universe |
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| it will be all used up - stars will eventually die and no new stars will form |
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| What will eventually happen to the energy in the universe |
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| advances in farming and medicine |
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| What are the two major factors accounting for human population growth? |
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| spiral, elliptical, and irregular |
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| What are the shapes of the three major types of galaxies? |
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| black hole or neutron star |
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| After a supernova explosion, the core of a large star will form one of these |
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| The color of a star depends on this |
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| The first phase of star formation |
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| A star spends most of its life in this stage |
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| a star that has used up most of its hydrogen fuel expands and becomes this |
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| The final phase of a normal size star like our sun |
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| this type of star is the hottest |
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| The approximate age of the universe |
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| Scientists can reconstruct ancient coastlines with the aid of what |
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| trilobytes when extinct how many years ago |
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| composition and temperature |
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| what does the spectrum of a star give us imformation about |
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| How did the universe begin? |
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| What is the time for 1/2 of a radioactive element to decay? |
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| The name for a fossil that is distinct, abundant and widespread |
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| The oldest layers of rock are found here. |
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| preserved evidence of ancient animal activity |
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| preserved evidence of ancient animal activity |
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| preserved evidence of ancient animal activity |
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