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uniquely human perspective developed through an investigation of the origin and evolution of our planet, the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole |
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| A longer period of time spanning over multiple periods eras etc often a sign of mass change |
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| A man-made or enhanced agent or by-product that harms the environment often through the air-water or crops |
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| A phenomena of heavy rain snow sleet and high winds |
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| A set of interrelated parts working together to make a complex whole |
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| A short violent occurrence caused by heating low air rising |
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| A system that takes in and releases energy, however, receives no mass transfer |
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A tropical disturbance
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| A unit of earth time consisting of millions of years, smaller than eras and eons |
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| All components of the earth ecosystem all smaller systems coming together |
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| Carbon is stored, Carbon Sinks and the Ocean and is released into the atmosphere |
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Earths Magnetic Field
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Earths magnetic field, also known was the geo magnetic field, is the magnetic field that extends from Earth’s interior |
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| Eons are exceedingly large periods of time containing eras |
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| Exchanges matter and energy with its surroundings |
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| Generally, an area of the Earth from which waves do not emerge or cannot be recorded. In seismology, the term is used to more specifically describe regions of the subsurface where P-waves and S-waves are difficult to detect, such as regions of the core at certain distances from the epicenter of an earthquake, or the point on the Earth's surface directly above an earthquake. |
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Ecological Footprint
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| How much you or humanity affect the environment either positively or negatively |
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| Mainly a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen, with smaller amounts of carbon dioxide, argon, water vapor, and other trace gases |
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| Nitrogen is everywhere its sinks are dead and living organisms, soil and fossil fuels |
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Chemosynthesizers
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| Organisms that create organic matter with energy derived from chemical reactions rather than from plants. |
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Non-Point Source Pollution
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| Pollution that can't be traced back to one singular source |
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Point Source Pollution
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| Release of pollutants from a single, clearly identifiable site |
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| Rock layers that have been deposited without any kind of interruption. |
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| The Cycle of Ice Melting and refreezing to form our artic |
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| The Inner Core is the final layer of the Earth. It is a solid ball made of metal. To learn about what metal the Inner Core is made of, read this section about the Inner Core. You can also learn how hot the Inner Core is, how thick it is and some interesting facts about the Inner Core. |
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| The ability to maintain current levels of consumption and development |
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| The average weather and temperature patterns over a long period of time on a mass scale |
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| The heat from radioactive elements in the core travels to the surface through the mantle by a process of heat transfer called convection |
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| The idea that Earth is one of the only habitable planets because it falls into a zone where conditions are right for complex life to develop. |
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| The lower mantle is more solid than the upper mantle. It has a lot of that Olivine rock, iron, magnesium, and many silicate compounds (those are ones with SiO2). |
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| The outer core, about 2,200 kilometers (1,367 miles) thick, is mostly composed of liquid iron and nickel. |
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| The study of similar anatomical and structural positions in different organisms. |
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| The upper mantle of the Earth begins just beneath the crust and ends at the top of the lower mantle |
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| a microorganism, especially an archaean, that lives in conditions of extreme temperature, acidity, alkalinity, or chemical concentration. |
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| all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds. |
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| any of the almost spherical concentric regions of matter that make up the earth and its atmosphere, as the lithosphere and hydrosphere. |
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| process of an animal species or human species becoming extinct |
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| science of determining the relative order of past events (i.e., the age of an object in comparison to another), without necessarily determining their absolute age |
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| science on earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it. |
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Continental Drift
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| the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface throughout a long period of time |
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| the remains of a prehistoric organism preserved in a mold or cast in rock. |
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US Department of Commerce, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “What Is an Extremophile?” NOAA's National Ocean Service, 1 Feb. 2008, https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/extremophile.html.
“Geology 101.” Kids' Games, Animals, Photos, Stories, and More, 14 June 2019, https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/science/geology-101/.
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Hydrosphere.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 20 Feb. 2019, https://www.britannica.com/science/hydrosphere.
“3. Geological Time Scale.” Digital Atlas of Ancient Life, https://www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/learn/geological-time/geological-time-scale/.
“Volcano World.” The Earth's Layers Lesson #1 | Volcano World | Oregon State University, http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/earths-layers-lesson-1.
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