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| The same substance always has the same ________________ | show 🗑
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| show | increases
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| As temperature increases, density ______________ | show 🗑
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| Water ____________ when it freezes. | show 🗑
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| Most changes in the environment are _____________ | show 🗑
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| Water is _________________ at 4 degrees C, when it is a liquid. | show 🗑
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| show | OBLATE SPHEROID
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| The best model of the earth's shape is (looks like) a ____________ | show 🗑
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| The altitude of Polaris equals your ____________________ | show 🗑
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| show | east-west, equator
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| __________________ lines go north-south. | show 🗑
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| show | sun
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| The closer __________________ (contour-isobar-isotherm) are, the steeper the slope or gradient. | show 🗑
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| show | counterclockwise
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| The earth revolves counterclockwise ________________ | show 🗑
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| All celestial objects APPEAR to move to the __________________ | show 🗑
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| The moon has phases because of the ________________________________________ (Remember though: half of it is always lit). | show 🗑
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| show | retrograde
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| The _____________ ______________ occurs on June 21 - 16 hours daylight - sun rises north of east-vertical ray on 23½ North, Tropic of Cancer. | show 🗑
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| The _____________ ______________ occurs on December 21 - 8 hours daylight - sun rises south of east-vertical ray on 23½ South, Tropic of Capricorn. | show 🗑
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| show | Vernal, Autumnal
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| Equator always has ____ ________ of daylight. | show 🗑
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| The lower the altitude of the sun, the longer _______________ it casts. | show 🗑
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| show | FOUCAULT'S PENDULUM, CORIOLIS EFFECT
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| show | winter
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| The closer a planet is to the sun, _________________ | show 🗑
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| show | Earth Centered Universe
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| show | Sun Centered Universe
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| Black _________ / white _________ | show 🗑
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| show | Conduction
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| show | Convection
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| show | rises, sinks
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| show | Radiation
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| Energy moves from source to sink, high to low. | show 🗑
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| show | Kinetic
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| ______________ energy: stored or at rest, increases with height. | show 🗑
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| show | NO
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| Infrared has a ___________ wavelength. | show 🗑
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| Carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapor ____________ infrared radiation. | show 🗑
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| show | radiators
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| show | July and August
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| Hottest part of the day is _____________ (after 12 noon- time lag). | show 🗑
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| show | decreases
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| As moisture content increases, air pressure decreases: ______________________________ | show 🗑
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| show | altitude
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| show | dry, wet
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| show | differences, high to low pressure
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| show | it is coming from
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| Highs are regions of divergence and move ______ | show 🗑
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| show | counterclockwise
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| show | precipitation
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| Weather moves from __________ to _____________ | show 🗑
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| show | cold front
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| ______ _______ moves in slowly creates gentle rains | show 🗑
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| An ______ __________ is when a cold and warm front come together moving in the same direction. Can create cyclonic weather. | show 🗑
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| Cold fronts move the ___________ | show 🗑
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| Porosity (the amount of holes); it ____________ ____________ depend on particle size. | show 🗑
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| _________________ (connection of holes); as particle size increases, ___________________ increases. | show 🗑
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| show | smallest particles
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| show | temperature
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| show | heat up and cool down
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| Frost action works best where temperatures ______________________________ | show 🗑
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| show | warm wet climates
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| Continental drift: _______ on opposite shores, puzzle fit of ___________, tropical fossils in _______ climates | show 🗑
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| show | large surface areas
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| Water bodies moderate ____________ | show 🗑
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| Air cools as it _____________ | show 🗑
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| _____________ effect (Adiabatic changes)- Mountain barrier | show 🗑
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| show | gravity
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| show | erosion
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| show | slope and discharge
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| Velocity is faster on the _____________ of meander bend. | show 🗑
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| show | first
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| show | graded bedding
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| show | Glacial
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| Stream deposits are ___________, round and smooth, ___-___________ _____________ | show 🗑
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| _____________ rocks - strata = flat layers. | show 🗑
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| show | Igneous
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| show | Metamorphic
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| Mineral properties depend on internal arrangement of ___________ | show 🗑
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| Silicon - oxygen tetrahedron: basic unit | show 🗑
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| show | Isostasy
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| show | created
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| Trenches: crust is ________________ | show 🗑
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| ____-__________ are phastest, phirst, push-pull, pass through everything. | show 🗑
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| show | S-waves
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| You need _____ seismometer stations to locate an _________________ | show 🗑
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| show | oldest
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| _______________ and _____________ are younger than the rock they are in | show 🗑
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| __________________: buried erosional surface | show 🗑
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| show | steep slopes
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| Humid landscape: ____________ , ________________ ______________ | show 🗑
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| show | Uranium 238
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| show | Carbon 14
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| show | move the plates
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| _______________ time is divided into eons, eras, periods, and epochs. | show 🗑
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| show | Coastal Plain, the Piedmont, the Blue Ridge, the Valley and Ridge, and the Appalachian Plateau.
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