Geology Prof Muller
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| all things are moving away from each other | the big bang
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| theory that planets grow out of rings of gas, dust, and ice surrounding a new born star | nebula theory of planetary formation
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| tiny sold pieces of rock and metal that collect in a planetary nebula and eventually accumulate to form a planet | planetesimal
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| a celestial body that orbits the sun, has sufficient mass for its self-gravity, and has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit | planet
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| 4 inner planets with iron cores and a silicate mantle | terrestrial planet
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| 4 outer planets that mostly consist of hydrogen and helium | jovian planet
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| a celestial body that orbits the sun, has sufficient mass for its self-gravity, and has not cleared the neighborhood around its orbit. ex) pluto | dwarf planet
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| earths age? | approximately 4.6 billion years
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| used isotopes of iron meteorites to give the first accurate age of the earth | claire patterson
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| the sinking of elements such as iron and nickel into the earths center | segregation of elements
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| rock that makes up the outermost layer of the earth | crust
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| thick layer of rock below the earths crust and above the core | mantle
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| section of the core, between 2900 and 5150 km deep, that consists of liquid iron alloy | outer core
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| inner section of the core and consisting of solid iron and nickel alloy | inner cor
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| relatively rigid, non-flowable, outer thick layer of the earth, constituting the crust and the top of the mantle | lithosphere
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| layer of the mantle that lies between 100–150 km and 350 km deep; this layer is relatively soft and can move when acted on by force. Boundary between the lithosphere and the mantle | asthenosphere
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