ASTRONOMY:EARTH AND SPACE SYSTEMS | FORCES MOTIONS AND WAVES | EARTHS STRUCTURE | ROCKS AND MINERALS | EARTH'S BIOLOGICAL HISTORY |
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WHAT IS: LUNAR ECLIPSE
THIS OCCURS WHEN EARTHS SHADOWS FALL ON THE MOON
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WHAT IS: MASS
THE AMOUNT OF MATTER IN AN OBJECT
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WHAT IS: LITHOSPHERE
RIGID LAYER OF EARTH ABOUT 100KM THICK, MADE OF THE CRUST AND A PART OF THE UPPER MANTLE
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WHAT IS: MINERALS
INORGANIC, SOILD MATERIALS FOUND IN NATURE
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WHAT IS: FOSSILS
REMIANS, IMPRINTS, OR TRACES OF PERHISTORIC ORGANISMS
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WHAT IS: EQUINOX
THIS OCCURS WHEN THE SUN IS DIRECTLY ABOVE THE EARTHS EQUATOR
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WHAT IS: NEWTON'S 3RD LAW OF MOTION
FORCES ALWAYS ACT IN EQUAL BUT OPPOSITE PAIRS
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WHAT IS: PLATE TECTONICS
ACCORDING TO THE THEORY OF _______ ______ , EARTH'S CRUST AND PART OF THE UPPER MANTLE ARE BROCKEN INTO SECTIONS.
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WHAT IS: CRYSTALS
SOILD MATERIALS THAT HAVE SUCH A PATTERN OF ATOMS
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WHAT IS: RELATIVE AGE
SOMETHING IS ITS AGE IN COMPARISON TO THE AGES OF OTHER THINGS
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WHAT IS: IMPACT BASIN
DEPRESSION LEFT BEHIND BY AN OBJECT STRIKING THE MOON
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WHAT IS: TRANSVERSE WAVE
PARTICALS IN MATTER MOVE BACK AND FORTH AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THE WAVE TRAVELS
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WHAT IS: CONVECTION CURRENT
THIS ENTIRE CYCLE OF HEATING, RISING, COOLING AND SINKING IS CALLED A
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WHAT IS: ABSOLUTE AGE
THE AGE, IN YEARS, OF A ROCK OR OTHER OBJECT
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WHAT IS: APOLLO 17
LONGEST AND FINAL APOLLO MISSION TO THE MOON
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WHAT IS: FREQUENCY
THE NUMBER OF WAVE-LENGTHS THAT PASS BY A POINT EACH SECOND
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WHAT IS: STRICK-SLIP FAULT
AT A ______-______ ______ ROCKS ON EITHER SIDE FOR THE FAULT ARE MOVING PAST EACH OTHER WITHOUT MUCH UPWARD OR DOWNWARD MOVMENT
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WHAT IS: ORE
A MINERAL IS CALLED THIS IF IT CONTAINS ENOUGH OF A USEFUL SUBSTANCE THAT IT CAN BE SOLD FOR A PROFIT
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WHAT IS: MOLD
THE HARD PART MIGHT DECAY OR DISSOLVE, LEAVING BEHIND A CAVITY IN THE ROCK CALLED A
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WHAT IS: WANING CRESCENT
FFDGD
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WHAT IS:THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM
DGF
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WHAT IS: SEISMOGRAPH
SEISMIC WAVES FROM EARTHQUAKES ARE MEASURED WITH AN INSTUMENT KNOWN AS A
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WHAT IS: IGNEOUS ROCKS
FORMS WHEN MELTED ROCK MATERIAL FROM INSIDE EARTH COOL
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WHAT IS: INDEX FOSSILS
THE REMINDS OF SPECIES THAT EXISTED ON EARTH FOR RELATIVELY SHORT PERIODS OF TIME, WERE ABUNDANT, AND WERE WIDESPREAD GEOGRAPHICALLY
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