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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| why does comets tail points away from the sun | solar winds |
| what can be mistaken for fools gold | pyrite |
| which of these is most likely to occur after water is cooled form its dew point | water condenses |
| metamorphic with a band look is | defoliated |
| what process occurs in the coastal plain of Virginia | erosion and deposition |
| what best describes forest soil | more organic soil |
| what is the best estimate for how long it takes a sedimentary rock from forming | calculating the age of top and bottom layer |
| what describes the area immediately below a water table | zone of saturation |
| what is zone or aeration | above the water table |
| why is seawater denser than fresh water | higher sanity |
| what describes the composition of a nebulae | cloud dust and gas |
| what describes the way a material is added to a continental shelf | deposition of continental sediments |
| what would be the best tools to measure density | graduated cylinder and a balance |
| what is red shift and blue shift | what scientist use to determine how far it is |
| blue shift | it is moving away from us |
| red shift | moving near us |
| what absorbs and releases heat faster than water | sand |
| heating up by direct contact is what (sand heating the air above it) | conduction |
| heating something up from a distance (sun heating earth from a distance) | radiation |
| out of global winds and local winds what is made by unequal heating of the earth | global winds and local winds |
| what way does a sea breeze blow | from sea to land |
| what way does a land breeze blow | from land to sea |
| during what two seasons do we get the most tornadoes | spring and summer |
| what layer of the atmosphere contains the O-ZONE | stratosphere |
| what layer of the atmosphere is where water vapor clouds and weather happens | troposphere |
| atmosphere temperature changes by what | the different types not bye altitude |
| what is he earths atmosphere make up | 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen |
| warm air rising and cold air sinking is what type of heat transfer | convection |
| conduction | heat being transferred via solid material |
| radiation | heat being transferred through electromagnetic waves |
| convection | heat being transferred through liquid and gases |
| a light year measures? | distance |
| minerals are crystalline which means they | have a repeating pattern of atoms |
| hubbles law indicates | all galaxies are moving away from us and are red shifted |
| the deflection of planetary winds Coriolis force is a result of | the rotation of the earth |
| what is the san andreas fault | transform (fault) |
| according to the main sequence rule as a star gets warmer the luminosity | increases |
| the oceanic crust is composed primarily of what kind of rock | basalt |
| erosion | transport/movement |
| weathering | breaking down |
| deposition | settling/laying down |
| edges of a lithosphere plates are defined as | frequent seismic activity area earthquakes volcanoes etc are here |
| what element composes 47% of the earths crust | oxygen |
| absolute dating uses | carbon dating |
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