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| show | density
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| show | increases
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| show | decreases
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| Water ____________ when it freezes. | show 🗑
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| Most changes in the environment are _____________ | show 🗑
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| show | the most dense
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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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| show | latitude
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| Latitude lines go ___________ - __________, but measure how far above or below the _____________ | show 🗑
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| __________________ lines go north-south. | show 🗑
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| Longitude (and also time) is based on observations of the _________ | show 🗑
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| The closer __________________ (contour-isobar-isotherm) are, the steeper the slope or gradient. | show 🗑
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| The earth rotates west to east- _____________________ as seen from N. Pole (in 24 hours). | show 🗑
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| show | (365¼ days)
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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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| show | winter solstice
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| Equinoxes - ____________ - March 21, _____________ - September 23, 12 hours daylight, sun rises due east, vertical ray on equator. | show 🗑
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| show | 12 hours
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| The lower the altitude of the sun, the longer _______________ it casts. | show 🗑
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| There are two evidences that the earth rotates: 1. ______ __________: appears to change its direction of swing. 2. _____ _______: deflects to the right in the N. hemisphere. | show 🗑
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| Earth is closer to the sun in ________ | show 🗑
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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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| show | absorbs, reflects
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| _______________: heat transfer from molecule to molecule through collisions. | show 🗑
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| _______________: heat transfer through fluids (gases, liquids) due to density differences. | show 🗑
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| Hot _______, cold _______ (air, water, etc...) | show 🗑
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| ____________: heat transfer through space (vacuum) ex. light. | show 🗑
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| Energy moves from source to sink, high to low. | show 🗑
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| ___________ energy: energy of motion, increases with velocity. | show 🗑
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| ______________ energy: stored or at rest, increases with height. | show 🗑
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| There is _____ temperature change at a phase change. | show 🗑
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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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| Good absorbers of radiation are good ________ . | show 🗑
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| Hottest part of the year is _____________ (after June 21- time lag). | show 🗑
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| show | 1 - 3
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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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| Highs are cool and ______ ; Lows are warm and ______. | show 🗑
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| Wind is due to air pressure ______________ and wind blows from ______________________ | show 🗑
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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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| show | west, east
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| show | cold front
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| ______ _______ moves in slowly creates gentle rains | show 🗑
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| show | occluded front
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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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| show | Permeability, permeability
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| Capillarity (movement of water upward); is highest in _________________________ | show 🗑
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| show | temperature
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| Water is stubborn- it is the hardest thing to ______________________ | show 🗑
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| Frost action works best where temperatures ______________________________ | show 🗑
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| Chemical weathering favors _________________ | show 🗑
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| show | fossils, continents, cold
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| show | large surface areas
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| show | temperature
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| show | rises
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| show | Orographic
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| show | gravity
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| Streams are the number one agent of __________ | show 🗑
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| Stream velocity depends on __________________________ (amount of water in the stream). | show 🗑
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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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| show | sorted, V-shaped valley
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| show | Sedimentary
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| show | Igneous
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| _______________ rocks: show banding-distorted structure (foliations) | show 🗑
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| Mineral properties depend on internal arrangement of ___________ | show 🗑
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| ______________: earth's crust in equilibrium | show 🗑
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| Mid-ocean ridges: crust is _____________ | show 🗑
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| show | destroyed
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| ____-__________ are phastest, phirst, push-pull, pass through everything. | show 🗑
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| ____-_____________, slower, secondary, shake, solids only. | show 🗑
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| show | 3, epicenter
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| Undisturbed strata: bottom layer is ____________ | show 🗑
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| show | Intrusions, faults
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| __________________: buried erosional surface | show 🗑
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| Arid landscape: ________ _____________ | show 🗑
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| Humid landscape: ____________ , ________________ ______________ | show 🗑
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| show | Uranium 238
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| __________________ dates recent, once living objects. | show 🗑
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| show | move the plates
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| show | Geologic
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| The physiographic provinces of Virginia are the ___________________________ (all 5) | show 🗑
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