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What is Astronomy
The study of objects beyond earths atmosphere.
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What is A mercator Projection
A map that has parallel lines of latitude and longitude
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What is a crystalline structure
wher ethe particles ar earranged in regular geometric patterns
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What is a Compound
A substance that is composed of atoms of two or more different elements that are chemically combined
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What is a mineral
A naturally occuring organic solid with a specific chemical composition and a definite crystalline structures
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What makes up the hydrosphere
the water in earths oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, and glaciers
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how is a conic projection made
by projecting points and lines from a globe onto a cone
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What is Evaporation
the process of change from a liquid to a gas
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What are Chemical bonds
Forces that hold the elements together in a compound
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What is a crystal
A solid in which the atoms are arranged in repeating patterns
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What is Geology
the study of the materials that make up earth and the processes that form and change these materials is the branch of earth science
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how is a gnomonic projection made
by projection points and lines from a globe onto a piece of paper that touches the globe at a single point
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What is sublimation
the slow change of state from a solid, ice crystals, to a gas, water vapor.
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What is covalent bond
attraction of two atoms for a shared pair of electrons that holds the atoms together
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What is the third characteristic of a mineral
that they are all solid
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What is the atmosphere
The blanket of gases that surround our planet
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What is a Topographic Map
A detailed map showing the hills and the valleys of an area
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What is plasmas
hot, highly ionized, electrically conducting gases
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What is a Molecule composed of
Two or more atoms held together by covalent bonds
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What is the mineral quartz made of
a comnbination of two atoms of oxygen and one atom of silicon
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What does the biosphere include
All organisms on earth as well as the environment in which they live.
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What is contour line
connects point sof equal elevation
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What is condensation
the change from a gas to liquid
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What is a Ionic Bond
The attractive force between two ions of opposite charge
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how are minerals formed
they are naturally occuring simply means they are formed by natural processes
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