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| What term describes the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area? |
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| The science that studies the constructive and destructive forces that build up or wear away Earth's surface is? |
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| The point on Earth's surface having zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude would be located? |
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| Where the equator crosses the Prime Meridian |
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| To find the latitude, longitude, and elevation of points on Earth's surface, the Global Positioning System uses? |
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| A satellite image is made up of thousands of tiny dots called? |
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| The rate of chemical weathering is faster in hot, wet climates than in cold, dry climates. True or False? |
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| The movement of rock particles by ice, wind, water, or gravity is called weathering. True or False? |
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| The mixture of rock particles, minerals, decayed organic material, air and water is called? |
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| What can cause the loss of soil that is not protected by plant cover? |
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| Erosion by water or wind. |
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| During an earthquake, seismic waves move outward from the focus in all directions. True or False? |
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| The type of seismic waves that arrive at the surface first and move by compressing and expanding the ground like an accordion are called? |
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| Most earthquake-related deaths and injuries result from |
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| Damage to buildings or other structures. |
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| A building designed to reduce the amount of energy that reaches the building during an earthquake is called a? |
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| The best way to protect yourself in an earthquake is to? |
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| Which type of fault-monitoring device is most like a carpenter's level? |
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| Geologists know that wherever plate movement stores energy in the rock along faults, |
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| The process in which the violent shaking of an earthquake turns soft soil into liquid mud is called? |
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| Earth's rotation takes about? |
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| One complete revolution of Earth around the sun takes about |
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| Because the moon rotates once for each revolution around Earth, |
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| You never see the far side of the moon. |
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| For a solar eclipse to occur? |
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| The moon must be directly between Earth and the sun. |
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| During what phase can a lunar eclipse occur? |
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| Tides are caused mainly by? |
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| Differences in how much the moon pulls on different parts of Earth. |
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| Most places on Earth experience? |
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| One high tide and one low tide about every 12.5 hours. |
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| If subduction occurs faster than oceanic crust can be created an ocean will expand. True or False? |
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| As depth beneath Earth's surface increases, temperature and pressure |
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| How do geologists observe Earth's interior? |
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| By recording and studying seismic waves |
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| A dense ball of solid metal |
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| When the heat source is removed from a fluid, convection currents in the fluid will |
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| A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a |
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When continental plates pull apart at a divergent boundary on land an ________
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| Each major group of rocks follows only one pathway in the rock cycle. True or False |
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| Generally, a rock is made up of |
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| A mixture of minerals and other materials. |
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| To describe a rock's texture, geologists determine? |
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| The size, shape, and pattern of the rock's grains. |
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| Where does most metamorphic rock form? |
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| Igneous rock that formed from lava that erupted onto Earth's surface is called? |
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| The skeletons of tiny ocean animals from together to form ________ structures that are found only in warm, clear ocean waters. |
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| A person who is caught in a flood while inside a car should leave the car. True or False |
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| Rain or snow usually is associated with falling air Pressure. True or False |
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| One difference between cyclones and anticyclones is |
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| The direction of their winds |
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| Thunderstorms Form Within |
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| Large Cumulonimbus clouds |
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| One of the best places to seek protection during a tornado is |
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| In the basement of a well-built building |
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| Flooding is most often caused by |
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| Melting snow and spring rains |
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| People who study weather and try to predict it are called |
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| During a thunderstorm, a person should not touch objects that are made of |
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| On the Celsius scale, the freezing point of pure water is 0Degrees True or False |
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| Fluids like air tend to move towards areas of high pressure True or False |
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| Earth's major wind belts are the trade winds, the prevailing westerlies and the polar latitudes. True or False |
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| Most of the Energy that heats Earth's atmosphere is |
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| Heat from a campfire reaches you by |
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| Very high feathery clouds are called |
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| Any form of water that falls from clouds is called |
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| The difference between sleet and hail is |
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| The size of the ice pellets. |
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| Generally, only the soft parts of organisms become fossils. True or false? |
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| Which type of fossil can provide clues about the activities or ancient organisms? |
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| The relative age of a rock is |
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| Its age compared to the age of other rocks. |
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| How did Earth change about 2.5 billion years ago when some organisms began using photosynthesis to make food? |
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| The amount of oxygen in the atmosphere increased. |
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| Paleontologists are scientists who study |
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| During the Quaternary Period, a series of _______ occured when Earth's climate cooled. |
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| A mineral with a hardness of 6 will scratch a mineral with a hardness of more than 6. True or False? |
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| The mineral quartz, which is found in sand, is used to make glass and electronic equipment. True or False? |
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| The faster magma cools, the smaller the mineral crystals form. True or False |
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| A mineral must be formed by a manufactured process to be considered a mineral. True or False. |
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| Coal is not classified as a mineral becuase |
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| It comes from the remains of plants and animals. |
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| What is the hardest known mineral? |
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| Which term refers to anyone who searches for an ore deposit |
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| A mineral is always a ______ because it has a definite volume and shape. |
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| Volcanoes on Triton, a moon of Neptune, erupt fountains of liquid lava. True or False? |
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| Before lava reaches the surface it is called? |
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| The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is one example of |
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| Volcanoes forming over a hot spot |
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| Magma flows upward through cracks in rock because it is |
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| Less dense than the surrounding solid metal |
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| If geologists detect many small earthquakes in the area near a volcano, what can they infer about the volcano? |
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| It is probably about to erupt. |
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| A mass of rock formed when a large body of magma cools inside the crust is called a? |
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| Because Mercury, Venus, and Mars are smaller than Earth and their cores have cooled, scientists think that |
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| The volcanic activity on these planets has ended |
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| The distance light travels in a year |
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| All stars begin their lives as parts of |
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| The force that tends to pull together the matter in stars is |
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| The lifetime of a star depends on its |
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| Depending on its mass, a star may live from |
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| 10 million to 200 billion years. |
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| All stars begin as part of a large amount of gas and dust called an ______ |
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