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1. The degrees east or west of the prime meridian through Greenwich - England
Solar wind
3/4
Snowmelt
Longitude
2. The rising of the earth's ocean surface caused by the tidal forces of the moon and the sun acting on the oceans
Small islands
Strata
Tides
Styles of rock deformation
3. Temperature - pressure - and composition
Ways magma can form
Conglomerates
Transpiration
Weathering
4. Thought to originate in the Kuiper Belt - or associated scattered discs - which lie beyond the orbit of Neptune
Short - period comets
Parallax
46%
Smaller regions of the oceans
5. Comprised of the crust and the rigid uppermost part of the mantle - broken up into tectonic plates (7 major and many minor) - ride on the asthenosphere
Coral reef
lower
Condensation
Lithosphere
6. The tidal force produced by the sun is ____ as large as that produced by the moon
The distinction between asteroids and comets
46%
Block mountains or fold mountains
The most abundant minerals in the crust
7. Sometimes called minor planets or planetoids - Bodies
Spring tide
Solar wind
Long linear arcs
Asteroids
8. The motive force behind land breezes and sea/lake breezes - also known as on - or off - shore winds - Land absorbs and radiates heat faster than water - but water releases heat over a longer period of time
Venus
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
Differential heating
Intrusive
9. An area of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions associated with the plate boundaries surrounding the Pacific Ocean - In a 40000 km horseshoe shape - associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches - volcanic arcs - and volcanic
Law of original horizontality
Valley breeze
Pacific Ring of Fire
Erosion and land use
10. Pulls the planets toward the sun - while their inertia keeps them moving forward in an elliptical orbit around the sun
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11. Earth movements - The result of forces within the earth - where temperature and pressure differences lead to instability
- cT
Semidiurnal
Spring tide
Crustal rocks
12. The sun is not at the center of the disk - but out toward the perimeter - and is revolving around the ________
Stars
Strata
Galactic center
Cleavage
13. - The materials left over after the rock breaks down combine with organic material - The mineral content is determined by the parent material; thus - a soil derived from a single rock type can often be deficient in one or more minerals for good ferti
Soil
Lunar eclipse
El Nino
Deserts
14. A natural flow of water - usually freshwater - traveling toward an ocean - a lake - or another stream
River
La Nina
Precipitation
El Nino and La Nina
15. Continental tropical (dry - warm air)
Full moon
The geological time scale
- cT
Evaporation
16. Classified as warm - water or cold - water currents
5.6
Surface temperature differences
Equinoxes
Surface ocean currents
17. The transformation of water from liquid to gas phases as it moves from the ground or bodies of water into the overlying atmosphere
Law of superposition
Evaporation
Surface ocean currents
Valley breeze
18. The cold - water current that flows north to south off the _____________ keeps the West Coast fairly cool during the summer - Cold - water currents create cooler temperatures in areas that would otherwise be much warmer
Daylight saving time zones
freshwater
California coast
Rock salt
19. Bodies similar to the sun but immensely distant - Closest stars are 4 light - years away
Examples to support Continental drift theory
Stars
Estuary
Mantle plumes
20. Air currents move clouds around the globe and cloud particles collide - grow - and fall out of the sky as ________ - Most of it falls back into the oceans or onto land - where the precipitation flows over the ground as surface runoff - portion of run
Mid - oceanic ridge
precipitation
46%
Weather phenomena on earth
21. Occur when two plates pull away from each other - Such faults are generally weak and shallow Example: the Mid - Atlantic Range in the Atlantic Ocean
Limestone
Convergent plate movements
Divergent plate movements
Polar air
22. The strong temperature contrast between polar and tropical air gives rise to the ________
jet stream
Groundwater
The earth's structure
Short - period comets
23. Characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the same area - Atlanta tropical cyclone activity is generally enhanced during La Nina - Often follows the El Nino - especially when the latter is strong
Small islands
Weather phenomena on earth
Continental drift
La Nina
24. Hotspot volcanoes are also found elsewhere in the Solar System - especially on...
cooling
Continental drift
Soil
Rocky planets and moons
25. Under solar conditions - gases are undergoing _____ to heavier elements with the increase of prodigious quantities of energy
El Nino and La Nina
Nuclear fusion
Seasonal weather differences between hemispheres
Earth's crust
26. A region of the earth that has uniform standard time - usually referred to as the local time - divided into standard and daylight saving (or summer)
Mid - oceanic ridge
Maritime air
Time zone
Lithosphere
27. After the moon has waxed through crescent - quarter - and gibbous phases - a ________ appears - At that time - the moon rises at sunset - and we see all of its illuminated side - Then the phase wanes gradually to another new moon
Lunar eclipse
Nuclear fusion
Full moon
Tectonic plates
28. Weather occurs primarily due to density (temperature and moisture) differences between one location and another - These differences can occur due to the angle of the sun at any particular spot - which varies by latitude from the tropics
Latitude
Mantle
Why weather occurs
Seasons
29. The lateral movement of the plates is typically at speeds of ___ mm annually
Groundwater
Parallax
Subduction zones
50-100
30. Volcanoes can also form where there is stretching and thinning of the...
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31. A ______________ - such as the Mid - Atlantic Ridge - has examples of volcanoes caused by divergent tectonic plates pulling apart
Nuclear fusion
Continental air
Mid - oceanic ridge
Standard time zones
32. 1 hour of time
15
Weathering
California coast
Longitude
33. Traces of ancient life preserved in the strata as shells - footprints - and the like - Soft plant and animal tissues decompose quickly in the presence of decay bacteria - which exist wherever oxygen exists
Fossils
aquifers
Longitude
Long linear arcs
34. Tends to move slowly and is replenished slowly - and so it can remain in aquifers for thousands of years
Venus
Cataclysmic volcanic eruptions
Groundwater
Mountain
35. Bbreaking along flat surfaces
Subsurface flow
Cleavage
Tides
Limestone
36. Gas giants Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus and Neptune have diameters far larger than Earth's and have far greater masses
Sun's gravity
The geological time scale
Andromeda galaxy
Weight and mass
37. Characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific - warm current of nutrient - poor tropical water - heated by its eastward passage in the Equatorial Current - replaces the cold - nutrient - rich surface water of th
The most abundant minerals in the crust
Troposhere
El Nino
Rain shadow
38. Igneous rock that cools beneath the earth's surface - Examples: plutons - dikes - and batholiths
Why weather occurs
Convergent tectonic plates
Intrusive
Major oceans
39. A land form that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area - with a peak - Usually produced by the movement of lithospheric plates
Mountain
Rock salt
jet stream
Petroleum exploration
40. Takes approx. seven and a half earth months to revolve around the sun - Takes approx. eight earth months to rotate on its axis - a day on ________ is longer than a year
Groundwater
Crustal rocks
Venus
Petroleum exploration
41. Maritime polar (wet - cold air)
- mP
Galaxies
Opposite seasons
Extrusive
42. Occur when two plates slip past each other - Such faults are generally moderate and are relatively shallow Example: The San Andreas Fault
Rainfall
Ways magma can form
Transform plate movements
groundwater discharge
43. Affected by factors such as weathering and impurities
Eclipses
Smaller regions of the oceans
Full moon
Mineral color
44. Oceans cover __ of the earth's surface
Tides
Seasons
Venus
3/4
45. Water returns to the land surface at __________ than where it entered - under the force of gravity or gravity - induced pressures
lower elevation
Planets
Sedimentary rocks
11
46. Some groundwater finds openings in the land surface and emerges as...
freshwater springs
Sedimentation
The rock cycle
Surface ocean temperature
47. Takes place when the moon passes between the earth and the sun - with the moon blocking the sunlight for about two minutes - A total ___________ may be seen only from a small zone on the earth
Differential heating
Lithosphere
Evapotranspiration
Solar eclipse
48. Water transpired from plants and evaporated from the soil
Mountain
Solar wind
Evapotranspiration
Venus
49. Ancient astronomers found that eclipses occurred periodically and learned to predict them accurately - Lunar and solar
Latitude
Comet
Eclipses
The distinction between asteroids and comets
50. Nearest galaxy - about 20 million light - years away
Crust
Distance
Hydrologic cycle
Andromeda galaxy
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