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Science
9th Grade
06/05/2008

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amplitude
Definition
affects loudness
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convex lens
Definition

focuses light rays to a point

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convex mirror
Definition
gives exanded veiw of a smaller area
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CREST
Definition
PEACK OF a WAVE
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frequency
Definition
determans pitch
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reflection
Definition
bouncing of light waves
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refraction
Definition
bending of light waves
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wave length
Definition
from crest to crest or trough to trough
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circuit breaker
Definition
device used to eliminate fires
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closed circuit
Definition

complete unbroken path

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electric  current
Definition

flow of electrons

 

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lines of force
Definition
show the pattern of magnetic feild
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magnetic poles
Definition
strongest region of a magnet
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open circuit
Definition
path with switches that can mane the flow incomplete
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parallel circuit
Definition
more then one path
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repels
Definition
action of N pole on N pole or S pole on S pole (push away)
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series circuit
Definition
current flows throught a single path
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static electricity
Definition
a build up of electrons in a region
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earthquakes
Definition
shaking of earths
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epicenter
Definition
point on surface above the quake point
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fault
Definition

break or crack in earths crust

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focus
Definition
point in the earth where crust boundaries grind
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folding
Definition
bending of rock layers
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mantle
Definition
layer of earth between the outer core and crust
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pangaea
Definition
original land mass; seperated into continents
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plate tectonics
Definition
earths crust made in sections
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sea floor spreading
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theory that new crust forms along a rift in ocean floor
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seismometer
Definition
instrument that records earthquakes
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abrasion
Definition
sand or stone suspended in water that scrapes on banks
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alluvial fan
Definition

fan-shaped sediment deposit at base of moutian unbroken rock

 

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bedrock

Definition
unbroken rock
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delta
Definition
fan-shaped sediment deposit at mouth of river
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dissolution

Definition
water dissolving away rock
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erosion
Definition
wearing away and moving of weathered rock & soil
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hydraulics
Definition
power of moving water
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subsoil
Definition
layer that contains most minerials
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topsoil
Definition
layer that containsdecayed organic material
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weathered rock

Definition
rock peices in deep soil
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in a sound wave, what part of the wave does the copresssion correspond to?

Definition
crest
Term
what type of light does this visiable spectrum produce?
Definition
white
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what does light travel throught the fastest? the slowest?
Definition

fastest-gas (air)

slow-solid

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what is the reason we see color?
Definition

all colors are absorbed except the colors we "see"

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what types of light cause objects to heat up
Definition
absorbed
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which sediments settle first
Definition
heavest
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know the relationship between deltas and farmlands

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deltas produce rich/good farmland
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know the soil layers and how they interact
Definition

layers overlap

topsoil, subsoil, weathered rock, bed rock

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know "deposition" and its prosess

Definition
deposition drops sediments at shore; forms beaches
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know  how to determine age of rocks along a mid-oceanic ridge

Definition
rocks are older the farther they are from ridge
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what do cinder cones produce?
Definition
explosive eruptions, ash and rock
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what do shield valcanoes look like
Definition
low, broad, wide craters
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