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| Convection currents occur in the ocean water, the atmosphere, and the geosphere which causes density. |
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Mineral or non-mineral
Gold |
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Mineral or non-mineral
Diamond |
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Mineral or non-mineral
Wood |
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Mineral or non-mineral
Coal |
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Definition
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Mineral or non-mineral
Pearl |
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Mineral or non-mineral
Quartz |
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Mineral or non-mineral
Fossil |
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Mineral or non-mineral
Leather |
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renewable or nonrenewable?
wildlife |
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renewable or nonrenewable?
Natural gas |
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3 types of fossil fuels
specify liquid, gas,or solid |
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coal (solid)
petroleum (liquid)
natural gas (gas) |
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| a mixture of gasoline and alcohol that is used as fuel |
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Petroleum
1. Advantages
2. Disadvantages |
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1. can make gasoline, jet fuel, and diesel fuel
2. nonrenewable, creates pollution and smog when burned |
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Natural gas
1. Advantages
2. Disadvantages |
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1. low air pollution
2. very flammable |
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Coal
1. Advantages
2. Disadvantages |
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1. heating
2. high pollution |
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Fission (nuclear)
1. Advantages
2. Disadvantages |
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1. no air pollution, produces a large amount of energy
2. produces dangerous radioactive wastes, heat may disrupt local ecosystem |
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Fusion (nuclear)
1. Advantages
2. Disadvantages |
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1. renewable, produces few dangerous wastes
2. takes place at very high temperature |
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| When fuel is consumed, most of the energy being released becomes ? energy. |
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| What are the 5 pieces of evidence that support continental drift? |
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puzzle
fossil
mountain formation
rock
climate zone |
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| the dense metallic middle of the Earth winch is made mainly of metal iron |
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| the layer of rock between Earth's crust and core made of silicon, oxygen, and magnesium |
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| the thin and solid outermost layer of Earth above the mantle made of silicone, oxygen, and aluminum |
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| the cool, rigid, outer layer of Earth that includes the crust and the upper part o the mantle |
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| the layer of the mantel that is made of very slow flowing slid rock below the lithosphere |
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| the idea that a single large landmass broke up into smaller landmasses to form the continents, which then drifted to their present location |
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| the single large continent that gave rise to today's continents over 245 MYA |
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| Define sea-floor spreading |
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| the process by which new sea floor forms as old sea floor is pulled away |
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| the theory that Earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around n top of the asthenosphere |
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| pieces of the lithosphere that over around on top of the asthenosphere |
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| the bending of rock layers due to stress |
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| process by which the shape of a rock changes in response to stress |
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| the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall |
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| the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall |
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| Define strike-strip fault |
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| the two fault blocks move past each other horizontally |
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| a large mass of igneous rock that forms deep below the surface |
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| chunks of lithosphere that are scraped off of subducting plates and added to the edge of a continent |
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| Tectonic plates are pieces of ?? that move around on top of the ?? |
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?? lithosphere
?? asthenosphere |
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| What type of boundary can be found in CA? |
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| Convergent Plate Boundary |
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| What is the mechanism that causes tectonic plates to move? |
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| Ridge push, convection, slab pull |
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| How fast do tectonic plates move? |
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| What are the 4 types of land formations that can occur when 2 tectonic plates collide? |
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Subduction zones
Volcano
Mountain
Volcanic arcs |
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