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What are the layers of earth?   Inner, and outer core, mantle, crust  
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What are the earths spheres?   Lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere,biosphere, cryosphere, geosphere  
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What is the law of superposition?   the top layer of a rock is the youngest and the last layers of a rock is the oldest, each layer being younger than the one under it and older than the one over it.  
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What is relative dating?   dating by relative order of past events  
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What is absolute dating?   dating by a calendar  
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What are the three boundaries?   convergent, divergent, and transform  
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What is a convergent boundary?   When two plat tectonics move towards each other.  
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What is a divergent boundary?   When two plates move away from each other  
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What is a transform boundary?   When two plates rub against each other.  
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What is sea floor spreading?   The formation of new oceanic crust.  
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What is the first law of thermodynamics?   Heat is a form of energy, and thermodynamic processes are subject to the principle of conservation of energy  
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What is the second law of thermodynamics?   As energy is transferred or transformed, more and more of it is wasted  
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What is condensation?   Change of the physical state of matter from gas phase into liquid phase  
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What is precipitation?   Any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity  
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What is evaporation?   A liquid as it changes into the gaseous phase.  
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What are decomposers?   Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms, and in doing so, they carry out the natural process of decomposition  
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What is albedo?   The measure of the diffuse reflection of solar radiation out of the total solar radiation received by an astronomical body.  
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What is ecology?   The study of interactions among organisms and their environment.  
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What is Homeostasis?   The tendency of organisms to auto-regulate and maintain their internal environment in a stable state  
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What is sustainability?   Field of research dealing with the interactions between natural and social systems  
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What is a renewable resource?   A resource which can be used repeatedly and replaced naturally.  
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What is a non renewable resource?   A resource that cannot be readily replaced by natural.  
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What is biodegradable?   The disintegration of materials by bacteria, fungi, or other biological means.  
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What is a non-biodegradable resource?   A resource that cannot be changed to a harmless natural state by the action of bacteria.  
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What is a natural resource?   Sources used in research.  
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