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APES Unit 4

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show -Crust -Mantle -Core  
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Crust   show
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show The layer of Earth above the ocre, composed of silicate rocks, magnesium, and iron  
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show The innermost zone of Earth's interior, composed mostly of iron and nickel  
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Earths Physical Layers   show
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Lithosphere   show
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show Semi-molten rock  
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show Composed of molten rock (Magma) that slowly circulates in convection cells  
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show Liquid metal; movement is responsible for earth's magnetic field  
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show Solid metal due to pressure  
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Hot Spots   show
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show An area where tectonic plates move sideways past each other leading to a fault or a fracture in the rock of the crust  
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Divergent plate boundary   show
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Seafloor spreading   show
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show An area where plates move towards one another and collide  
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show When one plate goes under another plate  
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show Rock formed directly from cooled magma EX: Granite  
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What rock is the main type in the ocean   show
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What rock is the main type in continental   show
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Sedimentary Rocks   show
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Metamorphic Rocks   show
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show Mechanical breakdown of rocks and minerals, usually caused by water, wind, or variations in temperature such as seasonal freeze thaw cycles  
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Chemical weathering   show
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show Physical removal of rock fragments form a landscape or ecosystem  
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Soils in order from highest to lowest   show
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O horizon   show
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A horizon   show
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show A zone of leaching or eluviation, found in some acidic soils under the O horizon, or less often, the A horizon  
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B horizon   show
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C horizon   show
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REMINDER   show
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Water holding capacity   show
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Watershed   show
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Albedo   show
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High albedo   show
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Low albedo   show
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How much is the earth tilted   show
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What are the 2 primary gasses in the atmosphere   show
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Layers of the Earth's atmosphere   show
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show Layer of the atmosphere closest to the surface of the Earth and is the densest layer -Where Earth's weather occurs -Where we live  
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show Layer of the atmosphere above the troposphere -Where you fly a plane  
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show Located between the troposphere and stratosphere that absorbs most of the suns UV ryas  
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Adiabatic Cooling   show
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Adiabatic Heating   show
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Latent Heat Release   show
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show Global patterns of air movement that are initiated by the unequal heating of the Earth-regions near the earth receive more solar radiation than regions near the poles  
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Hadley cells   show
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Polar Cells   show
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Ferrell Cells   show
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show The deflection of an object's path due to the rotation of the earth  
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Gyre   show
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show Temperature and Salt  
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