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ASVAB 1 Earth Science
Earth Sciences
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12th Grade
05/26/2014

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Sedimentary
Definition
What type of rock is obsidian
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Metallic (iron- nickel alloy)
Definition
What is the core of the earth made of
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Iron, magnesium , calcium
Definition
The sun is mostly made up of what material
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Precambrian
Definition
The period from 4.6 billion years to 570 million years ago is called
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salt water weighs more than an equal volume of freshwater
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A person is more buoyant when swimming in salt than in fresh water because
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Difference between the forces
Definition
When two forces act on an object an opposite directions the resultant force is equal to the
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Magnitude
Definition
A vector is used to represent force the length of vector indicates its
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Igneous Rock
Definition
Molten magma within the earth that coals and solidifies
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Cirrus
Definition
Are the thin wispy clouds that occur high in the atmosphere
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Cumulus
Definition
Clouds, which are massive clouds that are puffy like popcorn, with flat bottoms and round tops
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Stratus
Definition
Cloud which are low hanging flat clouds that blanker the sky and can also cause fog
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Community
Definition
This is the collection of all populations of a habitat
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Cirrus
Definition
These clouds are thin and wispy clouds that occur high in the atmosphere
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less
Definition
Warm air has _________ atmospheric pressure than cold air
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10 millimeters
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How many millimeters in 1 centimeter
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Geology
Definition
________ is the science of the earth and its life
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Troposphere
Definition
What atmosphere deals with all the weather
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Stratus
Definition
Broad flat low hanging clouds are called
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2 Times
Definition
How many times does high tide accurse in a day
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Meteorites
Definition
Meteors that make it to the earth surface are called
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Meteors
Definition
When asteroids fall into the earths gravitational field they are called
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Warn Front
Definition
When you have a warm air mass overtakes a cold air mass what kind of front is that
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Cold Front
Definition
When a cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass what kind of front do you have
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Stationary Front
Definition
When to fronts push against each other in a stalemate what is that called
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Rain, Snow , Sleet , Freezing Rain
Definition
What kind of weather does a warm front brings
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Week or More
Definition
How long can a stationary front can last
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23 1/2
Definition
Seasons occur because earth axis is tilted ________from perpendicular to its plane of orbit
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Crust
Definition
The outermost layer of the earth is called _________
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Mantle
Definition
The __________ is beneath the crust
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Core
Definition
The center of the earth is called the
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Stratosphere
Definition
The second layer of the atmosphere is called the
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Waves of the earthquake
Definition
A seismograph measures the
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Crust
Definition
The surface of the earth is called the
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Troposphere
Definition
Life is most abundant in which atmospheric layer
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Mantle
Definition
The thickest layer of the earth is called the
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Mercury
Definition
The planet closest to the sun is
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Seismograph
Definition
The intensity of an earthquake is measured a
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Air Pressure
Definition
Wind is most directly cause by differences in
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Meteors
Definition
These fall into the earth gravitational field they are seen as falling stare
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Vernal Equinox
Definition
The first day of spring is the
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Meteorology
Definition
_________ is the study of weather atmosphere and phenomena
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Troposphere
Definition
The lowest layer of the earth atmosphere is called the
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30 Plates
Definition
Approximately how many plates does the earth has
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Igneous Rock
Definition
Rock formed by the cooling and harding of molten materials is called
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Terrestrial Planets
Definition
The four planets closest to the sun are __________ planets
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Hydrogen and oxygen H2O
Definition
Water is composed of
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Jupiter, Saturn < Uranus, Neptune
Definition
The four planets that are after mars are
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15,000,000 C
Definition
The temperature at the core of the sun is thought to be
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Magma is unenrupted lava
Definition
How is magma different from lava
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A meter consists of
Definition
100 centimeters
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Nitrogen
Definition
The air around us is composed mostly of
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G2V yellow dwarf
Definition
The sun is classified as what kind of star
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Velocity
Definition
_________ is the rate at which an object changes position
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Mercury, Venus , Earth , Mars
Definition
The four planets closets to the sun are
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