Environmental Science
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| astronomical distances are measured in units | light-years
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| star cluster, a family between a million and a trillion stars | galaxy
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| when planets travel around the sun in elliptical paths | orbits
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| the divisions of the year and are also loosely based on the time it takes the moon to complete its cycle of phases | months
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| the bulging of the ocean | high tide
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| occurs between the two high-tide bulges | low tides
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| when the sun and moon are in line, during the new moon and full moon phases, their gravitational force combine to produce very high tides | spring tides
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| when the sun and moon are at a right angle to the Earth, during first- and third quarter phases, the result is lower than normal tides | neap tides
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| when it takes the Earth 365.25 days to complete one revolution around the sun | year
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| an imaginary line around the earth that divides it into northern and southern halves, called hemispheres | equator
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| the time it takes earth to make one rotation on its axis | day
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| the day where it has the longest period of daylight | summer solstice
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| the shortest period of daylight in the Northern Hemisphere | winter solstice
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| when the sun is directly overhead at the equator | spring and autumnal equinox
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| doesn't need oxygen | anarobic
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| needs oxygen | arobic
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| what are the 3 distinct areas of the Earth? | lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere
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| the solid portion of the earth | lithosphere
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| the water on or surrounding the earth | hydrosphere
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| the sea of gasses the earth has trapped | atmosphere
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| basic building block for all matter | atom
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| what are the levels of matter | 1.sub-atomic parts 2.forms an atom 3.element 4.mixtures 5.compounds (simple-inorganic, complex-organic)
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| what are the levels of living units | 1.cell orginellis 2.cells 3.tissue 4.organs 5.organ systems 6.organism-a species 7.populations 8.communities 9.ecosystem 10.biomes 11.biosphere 12.earth 13.solar system 14.galaxy 15.universe
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