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Crust- The crust is the most outer layer of the Earth.
Lithosphere- The lithosphere is the outermost shell.
Aesthenosphere- the Aesthenosphere lies below the lithosphere.
Mantle- The mantle is the second layer of the earth.
Core- The core is right in the middle of the earth. There are two types of cores, the inner and the outer. The inner is the complete middle and the outer is a bit further away |
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Distinguish between natural and made resources. |
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Man-made resources is Technology that is made by humans because humans made all different metals and devises that can help us in life like a computer.
Natural Recourses are things that humans did not physically create or make, like humans, animals, plants and trees. |
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Identify renewable and non-renewable sources of energy. |
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Renewable energy is energy that comes from resources which are naturally replenished on a human timescale such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides and waves.
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Identify that minerals are the basic building blocks of rocks. |
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The basic building blocks of rocks are made up of minerals when rocks melt it turns into magma. Three types of rocks which are igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary. |
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Sedimentary rock formation |
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1. Disposed rocks are built to form sediments.
2. The weight of each additional sedimentary layer causes compaction.
3. Then finally the pieces of rock stick together through the process of cementation. |
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Discuss alternative strategies and energy sources to help reduce the human impact on the Greenhouse Effect. |
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The alternative strategies and energy sources that help reduce the human impact on the Greenhouse Effect are grow your own food, Redecorate with Eco-products, buy energy efficient appliances, reduce your heating and reduce your electricity use.
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Recall that there is a hydrosphere and that it is affected by the sun (water cycle) and the moon (tides). |
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Tides- Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exterted by the moon and the sun and the rotation of the earth.
Water Cycle:
1. Evapouration
2. Condensation
3. Precipitation |
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