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Density   show
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show is found by water displacement.  
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Warm (air, water, magma)   show
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Cold (air, water, magma)   show
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show so does density  
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Water is most dense   show
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The same substance has the   show
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As mass increase   show
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show a prediction about a problem that can be tested.  
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Variable   show
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Constants are   show
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Any valid scientific theory   show
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show your Latitude  
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Latitude   show
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Longitude   show
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show the steeper the slope.  
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Contour lines from   show
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show solid inner core (Fe & Ni)  
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The Earth consists of a   show
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show plastic-like mantle (Si, O, Fe, Ni)  
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The Earth consists of a   show
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The lithosphere   show
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show thinner, younger, and denser than continental crust.  
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show basaltic rock  
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Convection currents   show
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show rises, cools, becomes more dense and sinks.  
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Convergent Boundaries   show
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Divergent boundaries are   show
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Transform boundaries   show
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show can result with any plate movement.  
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Hot Spots   show
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A fault   show
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show are folded mountains.  
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Volcanic activity   show
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show will always sink under a continental plate because it is more dense.  
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Three seismic stations   show
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P waves travel   show
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P waves travel   show
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P waves slow down   show
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S waves   show
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show the process the rocks are broken down by water, air, and organisms.  
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Chemical Weathering   show
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show occurs in cold climates - Ice Wedging.  
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Erosion   show
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Streams and moving water   show
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show is the dropping or settling of sediment.  
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show equals high relief areas  
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High deposition   show
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show settle out first.  
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show Breccia, Sand, silt, clay  
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show permeability (the ability to transport water) increases.  
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Soil Evolution starts   show
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Organic material must   show
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Soil profile consists of   show
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Karst Topography has   show
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Valley and Ridge Province is   show
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show from the surface down would include zone of aeration, water table, and zone of saturation.  
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Aquaifer   show
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A sping   show
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show the process of evaporation, condensation, and precipitatin, and runoff.  
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The Coastal Plain   show
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show abundant in the Appalachian Mountains.  
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Piedmont is   show
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show a fall line from the Coastal Plain.  
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show Oldest in State  
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show the long parallel ridges composed of folded and faulted rocks that occurred during the collision of Africa and North America durint the Paleozoic.  
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show underlain by sedimentary rocks.  
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Coal resources are   show
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show is found in nature, inorganic, solid, with a definite chemical composition and structure.  
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show their atomic structure.  
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show useful and profitable.  
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show classified by composition and texture.  
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show the cooling of magma or lava.  
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Fast cooling   show
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Slow cooling   show
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show heat and pressure.  
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show foliated (banded) and non foliated.  
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Foliated rocks are   show
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show marble and quartzite.  
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show into marble.  
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Sandstone morphs   show
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show from rock fragments, organic material, or chemical precipitation.  
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show found in flat layers or strata. Fossils are found in these layers.  
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show include clastic, organic, and chemical.  
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Limestore   show
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show made of fragments - Conglomerate, sandstone, and shale.  
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Virginia resources include   show
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show be replaced by nature at a rate close to the rate at which they are used. Inclues vegetation, water, and soil.  
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show renewed very slowly or not at all. Includes coal, oil, and minerals.  
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The Earth's Water Supply is   show
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show is the remains, impressions, or other evidence of a former existenece of life preserved in rock.  
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Virginia's fossils are   show
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show the oldest rocks are found on the bottom of strata and the youngest on top of strata.  
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show an igneous intrusion is younger than the layers it cuts across.  
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Fossils, Superposition, and Cross-cutting are used to   show
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show placing events in sequence without assigning exact numerical ages.  
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Absolute time places   show
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Radioactive decay or half-life is used to   show
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show find the ages of the oldest rocks.  
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Carbon-14 is used to find   show
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show 4.6 billion years old.  
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show 2 per day  
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Low Tides   show
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Tides are   show
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Currents move from   show
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Upwelling brings   show
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show areas where salt water mixes with fresh water. Ex.: Chesapeak Bay  
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show rises when ice caps melt.  
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show responsible for the first oxygen on Earth.  
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Presently Blue Green Algae is   show
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show reservoir of heat at the Earth's surface.  
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show the weather of the Earth.  
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show mostly CO2 and very little O2.  
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show 21% Oxygen, 78% Nitrogen, and 1% trace gases.  
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show increased CO2 levels.  
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show produce the Greenhouse effect.  
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CFC's are decreasing   show
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Areas near the Equator   show
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show air is at or below its dew point and condensation nuclei are present.  
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Coriolis Effect causes   show
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show humidity in the air.  
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show air pressure.  
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Highs are   show
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show warm and wet.  
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Wind is due to   show
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show high to low.  
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show quickly and produce rain at the Front.  
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show slow and produce miles and miles of clouds.  
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The highest pressure is   show
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show clock-wise and outward.  
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show prevailing westerlies.  
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show west to east.  
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show June 21 (longest day)  
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show December 21 (shortest day)  
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Solstice is when   show
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show when the sun is directly over the equator.  
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Spring Equinoxes   show
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Fall Equinoxes   show
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show to the sun in the winter.  
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The Earth rotates   show
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show around the sun once in 365.25  
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The Earth is   show
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show because of relected sunlight and the angle at which we view it.  
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show the Earth rotates.  
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Parallax and Seasonal constellations   show
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show Inner (rockey) and Outer (gaseous)  
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Comets are known as   show
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Comet's coma is the result of   show
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show rocky or metallic iron objects with origins between Mars and Jupiter.  
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AU =   show
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show the distance light travels in a year. We measure star and galaxy distances with Light years.  
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Appollo 11   show
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Neil Armstrong   show
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The Big-Bang   show
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show explains that the planets formed from the condensing of our sun or solar nebulae.  
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show Nebula, protostar, Yellow Main Sequence Star, Red Giant, White dwarf and black dwarf.  
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Black holes   show
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show the Milky Way Galaxy which is a spiral galaxy.  
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show are spiral, elliptical, and irregular.  
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The Hubble Space telescope   show
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Red Shifts indicate   show
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show from softest to hardest - Peat, Lignite, Bituminous, Anthracite.  
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Unconformities are   show
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