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Intro to Ecology
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A group of individuals that belong in the same species and live in the same area. a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat. A group of similar organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring. An individual living thing. All the populations of all the different species that live together in a particular area.
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Intro to Environmental Science
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when something is right or wrong. testable idea. what could happen from an observation. continues into the foreseeable future. oil, coal, and natural gas.
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Invertebrates
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Specialized cells. Mouth of cnidarians. Takes place outside the cell. Simple brain found in cnidarians. Larval form of most cnidarians.
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Invertebrates
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extinct index fossil, spiral shaped shell that extends as they grow, old house buoyancy. extinct cnidarian, made reefs during paleozoic, called 'horn corals'. have 5-fold symmetry, include crinoids, starfish, sea lilies, can grow back missing parts. single cell polyps that built large reef structures with horizontal floor levels. look like plants, stem attaches to sea floor, lots of little feeding arms.
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It's All About The Earth
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moving continents. cooling fire. found on sedimentary rocks. moving plates. living things.
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Land And Water
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The act of disposing of something. The time of year when it snows. A type of land covered with dense trees. A large, flat area of land. A very large, hot, and sunny area of land where there is lots of sand.
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Land and Water Forms
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a hill or ridge made of sand that is shaped by the wind. a deep valley with steep sides often carved by a stream or river. a slow-moving and frozen block of ice made from falling snow. a low, watery area at the mouth of a river that is filled with pieces of soil that flow down from the river. a low area of land next to a river that can flood.
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Land Biomes
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Are located near Earth's equator.. Is the main abiotic factor that characterizes a biome.. Biomes are very dry.. Has low average temperatures and very little precipitation.. Taiga plants include blank with are trees that have evergreen, needlelike leaves..
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Land Formation
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a slow moving mass of ice originating from an accumulation of snow . prevaling weather conditions of a region. any remains or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age. sedimentary rock consisting of calcium carbonate. an area of limestone terrane characterized by sinks, ravines,caves, and underground streams .
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Land Forms
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A mass of ice that stays frozen throughout the year and flows downhill. A narrow passage of water between two larger bodies of water. A large area of flat or gently rolling land. A hot dry region with little vegetation. A stream feeding a larger stream or river.
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Land Pollution
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typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted. discarded or discharged material in accordance with local environmental guidelines or laws. mining in which soil and rock overlying the mineral deposit (the overburden) are removed.. refers to the broad range of pesticides, including insecticides, herbicides,and fungicides. wearing away of topsoil.
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Landfoms
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It is a deep valley with very steep sides.. It is a series of mountains.. It is a wide area of land.. It is a high landform, greater in height than a hill.. It is a landform that is high. It has an opening in Earth's surface from which lava flows..
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Landforms
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Rock sediment that has stopped moving and has settled down due to the force of gravity. The breaking apart of rock into smaller fragment. The moving of rock by wind, water or gravity. Stored energy that is ready to be used. A small geographical area identified by it's ecology.
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Landforms
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A deep valley with very steep sides, often carved from the Earth by a river.. Is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer.. A very slow body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley ot spreading outward on a land surface.. Are flat lands that have only small changes in elevation.. A very dry area..
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Landforms
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A deep, narrow valley with steep sides and a river or stream usually running through it.. A land mass with great height and steep sides that is higher than a hill.. A mountain with an opening where molten lava, hot ash, and gases from below the Earth’s crust escape into the air.. An area of low land between hills or mountains.. A body of land surrounded by water on three sides..
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Landforms and Bodies of Water
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Fast, flowing water over a vertical drop; usually found in the course of a river or stream. A deep valley with very steep sides. It is often 'carved' from the Earth by a river. A frozen 'river' of ice that moves slowly down a mountain. A flat area of land that has a very small change in elevation . A large body of water surrounded by land on all sides.
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Layers of Earth
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Movements of the Earth's Lithosphere. The point where an earthquake starts. A theory on how energy transfers during earthquakes. An instrument that records the features of an earthquake. A fracture in the volume of a rock.
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Layers of the Earth
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How many layers of Earth are there?. What is the thickest layer called?. A scientist that studies rocks. What is the thinnest layer called?. The study of rocks.
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Layers of the Earth
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A planet. Part of space junk. Solid material. In the Earth. 'sucks up.
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Leaves & More
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Blade is in one continuous piece. Appear to be 'teeth' like structures on the leaf. What is a young leaf known as. This is unwound DNA. The space in between two leaves.
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Lithosphere
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A long, narrow depression in the sea floor running parallel to a plate boundary. The process that sand and soil go through to get added to a land mass.. Hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure.. P-waves are a type of elastic wave, and are one of the two main types of elastic body waves, called seismic waves in seismology, that travel through a continuum and are the first waves from an earthquake to arrive at a seismograph.. A break in a body of rock..
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Lunar Eclipse
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What Earth casts on the moon during a lunar eclipse.. There is a lunar eclipse about ___ times a year.. The color of the sun's light that reaches the moon during a lunar eclipse.. The biggest of the three planets that are a part of a lunar eclipse.. One of the two main types of eclipse. This one lasts longer than the other..
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Magnetism
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solar winds create this in the northern and southern hemispheres. the 2 poles of a magnet. core. north and south pole of a magnet. an area.
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Major Rivers and Mountain Ranges
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a chain of mountains located in the eastern United States. this river begins in Pennsylvania and ends at the Mississippi River. this is the longest river in the United States. these are part of the Appalachian Mountain Range. this river begins in Minnesota and flows to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Marine Life
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The scientific study of life. Specific specie that is being affected right now because of the abundance in Carbon Dioxide. Nicknamed as the 'feeder fish'. Area where Carbon Emission is abundant. Emissions make the oceans more _________because of the abundance of protons. The reactant of photosynthesis.
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Marine life
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half sunlight. makes light and helps find food . use blades to stay safe. sticks on floor like anchor. baldes helps blend in with ocean.
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Marine Science
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A defect or imperfection. Process in which new ocean floor is created . The act or state of eroding.. the solid portion of the earth . produced under conditions involving intense heat, as rocks of volcanic origin or rocks crystallized from molten magma..
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Marvelous Maples
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a tall tree with leaves that have five points and turn bright red or yellow in the autumn/fall. Maples grow in northern countries.. of a room, building, etc.) made warmer using a heater. ontaining, or tasting as if it contains, a lot of sugar. of or connected with any of the races of people who were the original people living in America. a sweet liquid made from sugar and water, often used in cans of fruit.
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Mass
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The process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.. Strength or power exerted upon an object.. The remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble.. A hill or slope down which one may slide down. . Any complete round or series of occurrences that repeats or is repeated. .
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Mass Movements, Wind, and Glaciers
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moving mass of ice. wind's removal of surface particles. wind-blown silt deposits. landslides tht rotate around curves. swiftly moving mud and water.
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Metals
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is an alloy of iron, nickel and chromium. most common metal used in school. is almost 100% iron. loses its shape under pressure and is soft & heavy. is a tough metal and it can be hardened.
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Mid-Ocean Crust
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At fast-spreading ridges the faults dip in ________.. Normal Upper Mantle Rocks.. The result of hot saltwater and hot basaltic rocks exchanging ions. (_________ alteration). The _____ cools as it spreads away from the ridge.. New crust forms by intrusion and ______..
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Mountain Types
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Volcanic mountains are also know as what?. What is created when magma is pushed up but never reacher the surface and cools and hardens?. What mountains tend to be in a shape of a dome?. Mt. Fuji is a volcano but is also know as a what?. What type of erosion creates a plateau mountain?.
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Mountains
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Located in between Tucson and Phoenix . Located in Stafford . located in Willcox and changed world weather . Located in Tucson and made for U of A school. Located in Japan .
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Mountains
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Is a mountain that is not BALD but in the name. Located in between Tucson and Phoenix . Located in Switzerland. North of Willcox. 2nd tallest mountain in World.
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Mountains
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Hawaii islands are . Where most rocky mountains come from. Large amount of magma pushes below the earth's crust. Builds up to form a mountain. Formed by earth's internal activity which erosion .
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Mt. Everest
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setup for tents. relay site for campers.. highest piont on the mountain.. metal fram with spikes worn on the hiking boots for ice climbs.. high above sea level.. overhanging mass of hardened snow..
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Natural Disasters
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It is Hot, Red and comes out of a mountain.. It is cold, wet, Wight and is normally found on the very top of a mountain.. This liquid is a common thing to drink when one is thirsty. It starts with a W.. It is like a hill just 100 times larger and taller. Snow normally is found at the top. . A Massive wave caused by an Earthquake under the sea..
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Natural Disasters
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Strong winds. Moving people out. Some things broken. Huge strong winds. Things ruined .
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Natural Disasters
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A floating sheet of ice permanently attached to a landmass. The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance. Rock fragments and particles ejected by a volcanic eruption.. Hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this. The wearing away or destruction of the outer or forward surface of an object, such as a meteorite or a spacecraft..
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Natural Disasters
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These include information about only a few of the total amount of natural disasters.
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San Francisco 1906. northern Indian Ocean-Myanmar and Ayeyarwady Delta 2008. Indonesia (then it was dutch west indies) 1883. India's West Bengal 1970. China's Henan Province 1887.
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Natural Disasters
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a storm of heavy hail.. is a violently rotating column of air that spins while in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as twisters, whirlwinds or cyclones.. the sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff.. are severe winter storms characterized by heavy snow and strong winds.. Is an overflow of water that 'submerges' land..
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Natural Disasters
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a long period of time with below average rainfall.. the boundary between two different air massess.. climate pattern that mild winters and summers.. when people need to leave a certain area because of a natural disaster.. the regular rise and fall in sea levels on coasts.
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Natural Hazards
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Permanent ice. a violent storm that generally happens in cold places. When there is a spill of a toxic substance. a period of below average rain fall. a storm with chunks of ice.
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Natural Nature
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The Sahara ______ is the biggest _____ in the world.. A medium scale of an ecosystem. Something that is a non living factor that shape an ecosystem. The biggest biome in the world is the _______ biome.. A very cold peace of land that is very far away from the equator. And has very short warm seosons. This biome is called _______..
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Natural Resources
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an example of a renewable resource. a resource that cannot be replaced. inorganic substance that comes from earth. water by artificial means. timber used for building material or paper.
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Natural Resources
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SOMETHING THAT WOULD RUN OUT SOON. NATURALLY OCCURING WATER THAT IS NOT SALTY. SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MAKE USE OF. NATURAL UNDERGROUND ROCK STRUCTURE THAT HOLDS FRESHWATER. SOMETHING WE CAN KEEP USING AND WON'T RUN OUT.
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Natural Resources
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is a safe place for plants and animals. are natural resources that can have many shapes, sizes and colors . is a big rock. Rocks are made from minerals . is a natural resource that plants, animals and people need to live. happens when rocks or soil are moved by water or wind. Plants can help prevent this..
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Natural Resources
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Average weather of an area. Essential component of amino acids, proteins, enzymes etc.. Multilayered, transparent, protective envelope of gases. Indicator of Sulphur dioxide pollution. Acid rain cause.
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Natural Structure
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A place with little or no rainfall that could be cold or hot.. All of the non-living things in an ecosystem.. There are two different types there is Fresh Water and Salt Water.. This place is cold and have two different type of Biomes The Artic and The Alpine.. A natural environment of an organism or place that is natural for the life and growth of an organism..
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