St MAry's Annapolis 8th Grade Science Mid Term Study Guide
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| Energy | show 🗑
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| Atmosphere | show 🗑
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| Geosphere | show 🗑
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| Hydrosphere | show 🗑
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| Biosphere | show 🗑
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| show | any natural process that builds up Earth’s surface
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| Destructive force | show 🗑
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| Pressure | show 🗑
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| show | the layer of rock that forms the most outer layer of the planet
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| show | a dark, dense, igneous rock that forms on the oceanic crust
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| Granite | show 🗑
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| show | the layer of hot solid material between earth’s crust and core
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| show | a rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
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| Asthenosphere | show 🗑
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| show | a layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the earth
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| show | a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of the earth
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| show | the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
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| show | the transfer of thermal energy by the movement of fluid
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| show | the transfer of thermal from one particle to another
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| Convection currents | show 🗑
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| show | the shape of the land determined by elevation, relief, and landforms
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| show | height above sea level
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| show | the difference between elevations
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| Plateau | show 🗑
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| Mineral | show 🗑
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| Inorganic | show 🗑
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| show | a solid in which the atoms are arranged in a pattern that repeats again and again
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| show | the color of a minerals powder
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| show | the way a mineral reflects light
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| show | a minerals ability to spilt easily along flat surfaces
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| show | the process by which atoms are arranged to form a material with a crystal structure
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| Moh’s hardness scale | show 🗑
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| show | the look and feel of the rock’s surface, determined by the size, shape, and pattern of the rock’s grains
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| show | a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock that forms the cooling o molten rock at or below the surface
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| show | a type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
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| Metamorphic rock | show 🗑
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| Intrusive rock | show 🗑
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| show | any of the common minerals that make up most of the rocks of Earth’s crust
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| show | small solid pieces of material that come from rocks or the remains of organisms
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| show | the chemical and physical process that break down rock and other substances
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| show | the process by which water, ice, wind or gravity moves weathered particles of rock and soil
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| Deposition | show 🗑
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| show | the process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass
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| show | sedimentary rock that forms fragments are squeezed together under high pressure
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| show | sedimentary rock that forms from remains of organisms deposited in thick layers
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| show | sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystallize from a solutions
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| show | term used to describe metamorphic rock that have grains arranged in parallel bands
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| show | a series of processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another
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| Texture | show 🗑
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| show | the way a mineral looks when it breaks apart in an irregular way
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| Extrusive rock | show 🗑
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| show | the process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight
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| Grain | show 🗑
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| Continental drift | show 🗑
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| show | the name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago to give rise to today’s continents
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| show | the preserved remains or traces of an of ancient organisms that lived in the past
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| Mid ocean ridge | show 🗑
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| Transform boundary | show 🗑
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| show | the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the deep ocean floor
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| Deep | show 🗑
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| Subduction | show 🗑
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| show | a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust
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| Convergent boundary | show 🗑
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| show | a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
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| Fault | show 🗑
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| show | a deep valley that forms where two plates pull apart
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| Plate tectonics | show 🗑
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| Stress | show 🗑
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| show | stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle
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| Compression | show 🗑
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| Shearing | show 🗑
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| Normal fault | show 🗑
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| Reverse fault | show 🗑
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| Strike slip fault | show 🗑
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| Earthquake | show 🗑
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| Focus | show 🗑
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| show | the point on Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake’s focus
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| P wave | show 🗑
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| show | a type of seismic waves in which the shaking is perpendicular to the direction of the wave
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| show | a type of seismic wave that forms when p waves and s waves reach Earth’s surface
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| show | the device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through earth
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| Modified Mercalli scale | show 🗑
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| Moment magnitude scale | show 🗑
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| show | the measurement of an earthquake’s strength based on seismic waves and movements
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| show | a scale that’s rates an earthquake’s magnitude
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| Seismogram | show 🗑
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| 4 Main Spheres | show 🗑
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| 4 main spheres | show 🗑
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| show | The sun can be considered part of the earth system T or F?
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| Cooled Magma and Lava | show 🗑
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| crust, the mantle, and the core | show 🗑
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| size, composition, temperature and pressure | show 🗑
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| solid rock | show 🗑
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| dry land and the ocean floor | show 🗑
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| basalt and granite | show 🗑
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| show | Earth’s mantle is made up of?
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| show | Scientists divide the mantle into layers based on?
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| Crust, Mantle, Core | show 🗑
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| Nickel and Iron | show 🗑
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| show | The core consists of two parts?
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| Conduction, convection, and radiation | show 🗑
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| Heating and cooling of the fluid, changes in the fluid’s density and the force of gravity | show 🗑
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| convection currents in the mantle | show 🗑
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| They move in a circular motion | show 🗑
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