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Zooplankton
Science exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| big bang theory | theory that the universe began with a explosion of a hot sphere |
| biodegradable | can be broken down |
| biosphere | ecosystem with all life on earth |
| Doppler effect | apperent shift in a wave length |
| ecosystem | community of organisms and the environment they inhabit |
| geology | the study of the structure of earth |
| hypothesis | possible explaination of a promlem |
| spectroscope | slits white light into a band of color |
| theory | hypothesis supported by an experiment |
| aphelion | farthest from the sun |
| axis | imaginary line running through the poles |
| crust | outer most layer of solid earth |
| daylight saving time | clocks are set one hour ahead of time from april to october |
| geosynchronous orbit | orbit directly above equator moves with rotation |
| gravity | force of attratction b/t two objects |
| international date line | imaginary line runnin through pacific ocean where time changes from one hour to the next |
| law of gravitation | force of attraction depends on the masses and distance b/t the objects |
| mantle | layer of rock below crust |
| mass | amount of matter in an object |
| perhelion | closest to the earth |
| polar orbit | passes over north and south pole |
| precession | wobbbling of earth |
| rotation | spinning of the earth on its axis |
| seismic wave | vibration that travels trough the earth |
| standard time zone | one of 24 regions of the earth in which noon is set as the time when the sun is the highest |
| solstice | marks beginning of a season |
| contour line | lines that connect to points with the same elevation |
| elevation | height from sea level |
| geomagnetic pole | above a poles magnetic |
| great circle | circles earth and divides it in half |
| hachure lines | line pointing towards center indicates a depression |
| index countour | every 5th countour line |
| latitude-parallel | north or south |
| longitude-medidian | east or west |
| magnetic declination | angle b/t direction of geographhic pole and direction compas points |
| map projection | flat map that represents a 3 deminsual surface |
| prime meridian | passes trough greenwitch england 0 degresse |
| relief | differences b/t highest and lowests areas |
| topographic map | shows surface fetures of the earth |
| true north | direction of the geographic north pole |
| asthenosphere | layer of the mantle beneth lisosphere contains flowing solid rock |
| convection | transfer of heat through the movement of a fluid material |
| convergent boundary | collision of 2 lithosperic plates |
| divergent boundary | moving apart |
| island arc | chain of volcanic islands formed along an ocean trench |
| lithosphere | outer shell of the earth consisting of crust and upper part of mantle |
| mid-ocean ridges | system of under sea mountain ranges that wind around the earth |
| plate tectonics | theory that lithosperic plates are made of plates that float on the astenaspere and that they are moved by convection currents |
| seafloor spreading | movement of ocean floor away from either side of a mid ocean ridge |
| subduction zone | go under |
| transform fault boundary | grind past eachother |
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