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| Be able to lable the layers of the earth and a soil profile. |
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Inner Core, outer core, mantle, and crust
Top soil, sub soil, bed rock |
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| In what two layer of the earth do convection currents occur? |
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| Decribe the difference between physical and chemical weathering and give an example of each. |
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Physical: Breaking apart (mining, building pyramids in Egypt.
Chemical: Wearing away over time (Stalagmites and Stalagtites, acid rain) |
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| Explain how and why convection currents occur. |
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| Hot material rises, cool then sinks back down where it heats up again. |
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| List three types of plate boundries that exist. |
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| Convergent, Divergent,and Transform |
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| Consisting of compounds that do not contain carbon. |
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| Plates that pull apart in opposite directions. |
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| Consisting of compounds that contain carbon. |
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| The circular movement of heated materials to a cooler area. |
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| A crack in the earth's plates along which movement occurs. |
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| A chemical change in which oxygen combines with another substance. |
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| The study of how the lithospheric plates interact. |
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| The breakdown of rocks as a result of chemical reactions causing new substances to be formed. |
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| Plates that push together |
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| Process by which carbon dioxide dissolves in water. |
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| Plates that slide past eachother. |
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